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Table 1.9: Children looked after at 31st March 2007 by type of accommodation
Type of accommodation | Age Group | Total |
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Under 5 | 5-11 | 12-15 | 16-17 | 18-21 |
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In the community:- |
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At home with parents | 944 | 1,986 | 2,256 | 692 | 108 | 5,986 |
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With friends/relatives | 567 | 935 | 468 | 103 | 21 | 2,094 |
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With foster carers provided by LA | 959 | 1,424 | 904 | 267 | 75 | 3,629 |
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With foster carers purchased by LA | 72 | 190 | 123 | 33 | 8 | 426 |
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With prospective adopters | 117 | 93 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 220 |
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In other community | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 10 | 44 |
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Residential Accommodation:- |
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In local authority home | 3 | 66 | 433 | 222 | 32 | 756 |
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In voluntary home | 2 | 17 | 56 | 29 | 8 | 112 |
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In residential school | 0 | 75 | 406 | 118 | 29 | 628 |
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In secure accommodation | 0 | 0 | 68 | 44 | 1 | 113 |
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Crisis care | 2 | 8 | 25 | 14 | 3 | 52 |
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Total looked after children | 2,666 | 4,794 | 4,746 | 1,558 | 296 | 14,060 |
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Notes: For those children on mixed placements (for example, a child attending a residential school and living with foster carers during the weekend) the child has been entered under the dominant placement, i.e. the place where the child spends the most time.
West Lothian did not provide a breakdown for foster carers provided/purchased by the local authority. All children looked after by foster carers have been entered in the former of these categories.
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