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Table 7: Young people admitted to secure accommodation: Placement prior to admission and reason for admission, by gender, 2006-07
Placement Prior to admissions during the year
Gender | Parental home, relatives or friends | Foster care or children's home | Residential school | Young offenders institution or prison | Secure accommodation | Other or unknown | Total |
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Boys | 97 | 22 | 39 | * | 18 | * | 211 |
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Girls | 23 | 24 | 20 | * | 14 | * | 96 |
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Total | 120 | 46 | 59 | 25 | 32 | 25 | 307 |
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Legal reason for admissions during the year
Gender | Section 44(1) | Section 205 | Section 208 | Section 70(9) | Place of safety order or warrant | Authority of the Director of Social Work | Other or unknown | Total |
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Boys | * | 0 | * | 49 | 63 | 52 | * | 211 |
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Girls | * | 0 | * | 29 | 36 | 13 | * | 96 |
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Total | 3 | 0 | 16 | 78 | 99 | 65 | 46 | 307 |
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Note: Cells containing * represent numbers suppressed to maintain confidentiality.
Table includes admissions made after 31/03/2006 and before 01/04/2007
A single child may be admitted more than once during the year.
'Other' placement prior to admission may include supported accommodation, independent living, hospital or assessment centre.
Legal reason for admission:
Order made under section 44(1) of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995
Order made under section 205 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995
Order made under section 208 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995
Order made under section 70(9) of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995, to which is attached a condition authorising the use of Secure Accommodation.
Place of safety order or warrant made under the Children (Scotland) Act 1995, authorising the use of Secure Accommodation.
Committal to a Place of Safety or other temporary detention is made under the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995, the authority of the Director of Social Work and the person in charge of the establishment, pending the convening of a Children's Hearing to consider the case.
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