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Table 2.2: Number of children looked after and number of children starting to be looked after 2000-2007 by statutory reason for being looked after

Statute group

Children looked after on 31 March…

Percentage of 2007 total

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

Accommodated under Section 25

1,343

1,250

1,326

1,288

1,299

1,283

1,238

1,250

9

Parental Responsibilities Order

322

395

348

362

336

298

327

411

3

Supervision Requirement at Home

5,439

4,632

4,682

4,699

4,788

4,814

4,950

5,618

40

Supervision Requirement Away from Home (excluding Residential Establishment)

2,199

2,875

3,193

3,587

3,540

3,833

3,804

4,564

32

Supervision Requirement Away from Home (in a Residential Establishment but excluding Secure)

960

959

1,006

817

805

824

824

866

6

Supervision Requirement Away from Home with a Secure Condition

87

78

87

56

50

48

67

69

0

Warrant

114

149

180

210

286

257

324

379

3

Child Protection Measure

119

80

67

75

70

61

95

104

1

Criminal Court Provision

10

38

42

33

22

15

15

28

0

Freed for Adoption

50

72

80

102

89

83

70

133

1

Permanence Order

2

0

Permanence Order with Authority to Place for Adoption

1

0

Other

667

368

230

160

155

152

162

123

1

Unknown

236

517

1,106

512

4

Total

11,309

10,897

11,241

11,388

11,675

12,185

12,982

14,060

100

Statute group

Children starting to be looked after in year ending 31st March….

Percentage of 2007 total

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

Accommodated under Section 25

1183

1002

1,054

1,016

1,016

1,111

999

950

17

Parental Responsibilities Order

5

8

18

17

31

9

10

4

0

Supervision Requirement at Home

2,200

2,149

1,984

2,022

1,986

1,799

2,178

2,452

45

Supervision Requirement Away from Home (excluding Residential Establishment)

609

632

850

689

716

541

549

735

13

Supervision Requirement Away from Home (in a Residential Establishment but excluding Secure)

259

367

320

338

355

154

126

177

3

Supervision Requirement Away from Home with a Secure Condition

30

36

55

28

26

10

28

23

0

Warrant

129

165

151

176

218

227

327

450

8

Child Protection Measure

81

118

105

129

133

145

194

203

4

Criminal Court Provision

6

17

18

35

12

13

22

11

0

Freed for Adoption

41

7

6

13

14

9

5

19

0

Permanence Order

0

0

Permanence Order with Authority to Place for Adoption

0

0

Other

228

194

118

52

58

122

132

254

5

Unknown

193

163

191

3

Total

4,771

4,694

4,678

4,513

4,564

4,333

4,733

5,469

100

Notes: Table excludes children who are on a planned series of short term placements.
Prior to 2007 table includes estimates wherever local authorities were not able to provide information.
Figures for 2006 are revised.
Prior to 2007 "Permanence Order" and "Permanence Order with Authority to Place for adoption" were included in the "Other" category.
Prior to 2005 'unknowns' were allocated to a category rather than being reported as unknown. For this reason, totals do not always exactly equal the sum of their parts, due to rounding.
Table records episodes of care which have begun. A child may start to be looked after more than once in a year and so may be counted more than once here.
South Lanarkshire did not provide information for 2007. The numbers of looked after children and children starting to be looked after in this local authority in 2006-07 have been included as "unknown".

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