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

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Table 1.17: Children ceasing to be looked after during 2006-07 by destination on discharge and age

Destination

Ages of children at time of ceasing to be looked after

Total

Under 5

5-11

12-15

16-17

18-21

Home with parents

339

578

572

627

39

2,155

Friends / relatives

59

98

90

108

7

362

Former foster carers

1

2

1

9

4

17

Adopted

73

53

4

3

0

133

Transferred to another LA

7

10

4

3

0

24

Supported accommodation / semi-independent living

0

0

0

115

36

151

Own tenancy / independent living

0

0

0

41

14

55

Homeless

0

0

0

7

3

10

Other

86

95

119

157

41

498

Not known

143

193

134

220

49

739

Total

708

1,029

924

1,290

193

4,144

Notes: Figures include all episodes of ceasing to be looked after ( i.e. a child may be counted more than once).
City of Edinburgh, Midlothian and South Lanarkshire did not provide this information. The total numbers of children ceasing to be looked after in 2006-07 in these authorities have been included as "not known".

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