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Health and Care Series: Children Looked After Statistics 2006-07

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Table 1.10: Children looked after away from home at 31st March 2007 - Stability of placements of all looked after children

Length of time child looked after at 31st March 2007

Number of placements away from home during current episode of being looked after

Total

1 Placement

2 Placements

3-5 Placements

6 or more Placements

Not known

Under 6 weeks

228

35

8

2

273

6 weeks to under 6 months

605

158

67

6

836

6 months to under 1 year

616

216

138

17

987

1 year to under 2 years

755

387

286

51

1,479

2 years to under 5 years

924

683

633

219

2,459

5 or more years

543

395

614

302

1,854

Not known

186

186

Total

3,671

1,874

1,746

597

186

8,074

Notes: If a child is still in his/her first placement since moving from home, this counts as 1 placement.
Aberdeen City did not provide complete information for this table. The looked after children in this local authority for whom information was not provided are included as "not known".

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