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Table 3.2: Number of children looked after, by local authority, accomodation type and characteristics of care away from home, 31st March 2006

Accommodation type of all children looked after on 31st March 2006

Children looked after away from home on 31st March 2006

Children in community setting

Children in residential care

In placement for 1 year +

With 3+ placements

Total

Local authority area

Number

Percentage

Number

Percentage

Number

Percentage

Number

Percentage

Aberdeen City

505

86

83

14

277

70

131

33

393

Aberdeenshire

329

87

50

13

167

78

116

54

214

Angus

227

90

26

10

127

69

40

22

185

Argyll & Bute

192

77

57

23

72

67

12

11

108

Clackmannanshire

151

94

9

6

51

84

17

28

61

Dumfries & Galloway

332

89

40

11

160

82

77

39

196

Dundee City

427

90

47

10

222

72

118

38

307

East Ayrshire

371

90

39

10

170

78

77

35

217

East Dunbartonshire

90

80

23

20

41

67

20

33

61

East Lothian

177

90

20

10

72

60

14

12

120

East Renfrewshire

Edinburgh, City of

1,070

89

126

11

570

80

169

24

715

Eilean Siar

*

*

*

*

19

100

*

*

19

Falkirk

260

84

51

16

139

71

90

46

196

Fife

546

87

82

13

340

72

153

32

472

Glasgow City

2,297

90

268

10

1,304

83

555

35

1,566

Highland

398

88

56

12

180

73

20

8

248

Inverclyde

211

85

38

15

64

54

9

8

118

Midlothian

203

76

63

24

134

74

47

26

181

Moray

170

89

21

11

80

82

37

38

98

North Ayrshire

430

86

68

14

196

75

75

29

262

North Lanarkshire

635

93

48

7

91

50

150

82

183

Orkney Isles

22

69

10

31

11

61

5

28

18

Perth & Kinross

138

91

13

9

83

76

31

28

109

Renfrewshire

408

82

92

18

277

76

0

0

363

Scottish Borders

Shetland

*

*

*

*

18

95

6

32

19

South Ayrshire

211

84

41

16

119

79

22

15

150

South Lanarkshire

372

78

106

22

150

72

7

3

208

Stirling

131

86

21

14

62

67

32

34

93

West Dunbartonshire

294

84

56

16

111

70

12

8

159

West Lothian

430

91

44

9

109

42

79

30

260

Scotland

11,328

87

1,638

13

5,535

74

2,163

29

7,460

Note: Cells containing * represent small numbers that are suppressed to maintain confidentiality.

East Renfrewshire and Scottish Borders did not provide information in time for inclusion. 2004-05 figures for these authorities have been incorporated into the Scotland total and do not include young people aged 18-21.

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