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Table 2.6: Number of children ceasing to be looked after, by destination and age, 2000-2007
Age | Children ceasing to be looked after in year ending 31st March…. | Percentage of 2007 totals |
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Destination after leaving care | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 |
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Under 5 |
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Home with parents | 580 | 398 | 471 | 431 | 530 | 293 | 374 | 339 | 48 |
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Friends / relatives | 51 | 35 | 71 | 68 | 81 | 43 | 61 | 59 | 8 |
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Former foster carers | | | | | | | | 1 | 0 |
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Adoption | 50 | 53 | 56 | 54 | 83 | 58 | 54 | 73 | 10 |
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Supported accommodation / own tenancy | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Other | 122 | 190 | 115 | 89 | 38 | 32 | 90 | 93 | 13 |
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unknown | | | | | | 160 | 89 | 143 | 20 |
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Total | 806 | 678 | 713 | 643 | 732 | 589 | 668 | 708 | 100 |
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5-11 |
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Home with parents | 839 | 749 | 698 | 726 | 726 | 518 | 604 | 578 | 56 |
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Friends / relatives | 61 | 69 | 84 | 103 | 106 | 72 | 91 | 98 | 10 |
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Former foster carers | | | | | | | | 2 | 0 |
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Adoption | 35 | 17 | 30 | 48 | 72 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 5 |
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Supported accommodation / own tenancy | 13 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Other | 191 | 283 | 126 | 136 | 70 | 32 | 109 | 105 | 10 |
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unknown | | | | | | 214 | 130 | 193 | 19 |
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Total | 1,140 | 1,124 | 943 | 1,015 | 979 | 888 | 986 | 1,029 | 100 |
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12-15 |
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Home with parents | 877 | 856 | 983 | 850 | 869 | 591 | 624 | 572 | 62 |
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Friends / relatives | 57 | 76 | 110 | 87 | 62 | 57 | 74 | 90 | 10 |
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Former foster carers | | | | | | | | 1 | 0 |
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Adoption | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 44 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 0 |
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Supported accommodation / own tenancy | 23 | 33 | 10 | 5 | 21 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
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Other | 417 | 424 | 175 | 156 | 69 | 41 | 109 | 123 | 13 |
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unknown | | | | | | 209 | 112 | 134 | 15 |
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Total | 1,374 | 1,393 | 1,281 | 1,102 | 1,065 | 907 | 940 | 924 | 100 |
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16+ |
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Home with parents | 642 | 718 | 770 | 741 | 776 | 582 | 592 | 666 | 45 |
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Friends / relatives | 76 | 114 | 75 | 74 | 96 | 83 | 97 | 115 | 8 |
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Former foster carers | | | | | | | | 13 | 1 |
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Adoption | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
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Supported accommodation / own tenancy | 159 | 302 | 208 | 187 | 188 | 173 | 189 | 206 | 14 |
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Other | 245 | 410 | 210 | 267 | 175 | 95 | 233 | 211 | 14 |
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unknown | | | | | | 242 | 175 | 269 | 18 |
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Total | 1,121 | 1,545 | 1,264 | 1,274 | 1,245 | 1,180 | 1,291 | 1,483 | 100 |
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TOTAL |
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Home with parents | 2,938 | 2,721 | 2,922 | 2,748 | 2,902 | 1,984 | 2,194 | 2,155 | 52 |
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Friends / relatives | 246 | 294 | 340 | 332 | 345 | 256 | 323 | 362 | 9 |
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Former foster carers | | | | | | | | 17 | 0 |
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Adoption | 85 | 74 | 90 | 111 | 210 | 117 | 119 | 133 | 3 |
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Supported accommodation / own tenancy | 198 | 343 | 223 | 194 | 213 | 183 | 202 | 206 | 5 |
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Other | 975 | 1,308 | 626 | 649 | 352 | 200 | 541 | 532 | 13 |
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unknown | | | | | | 826 | 506 | 739 | 18 |
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Total | 4,441 | 4,740 | 4,202 | 4,034 | 4,021 | 3,566 | 3,885 | 4,144 | 100 |
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Notes: Table excludes children who are on a planned series of short term placements.
Prior to 2007, table includes some estimates and some 'unknown's where local authorities were not able to provide information.
"Former foster carers" was a new category in 2007. Prior to this, any children in this category are included in "other".
Figures for 2006 are revised.
In 2000 to 2004 children with unknown destinations were allocated to a group rather than being presented as 'unknown'. For this reason, some totals do not exactly equal the sum of their component parts, due to the effects of rounding.
A child may cease to be looked after more than once during the year and will be counted once for each episode of care ending.
City of Edinburgh, Midlothian and South Lanarkshire did not provide this information for 2007. The total number of children ceasing to be looked after in 2006-07 in these authorities has been included as "not known".
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