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

Table 2.7: Number of children ceasing to be looked after, by length of time looked after and age, 2000-2007

Age	Children ceasing to be looked after in year ending 31st March….								Percentage of 2007 totals
Length of time looked after	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	Percentage of 2007 totals
Under 1
Under 6 weeks	61	27	42	26	72	56	39	55	57
6 weeks to under 6 months	43	31	25	26	25	28	44	29	30
6 months to under 1 year	14	20	11	17	9	9	19	13	13
Total	117	78	78	70	107	93	102	97	*100*
1-4
Under 6 weeks	176	76	193	86	167	126	96	87	14
6 weeks to under 6 months	97	89	90	56	116	56	67	80	13
6 months to under 1 year	168	158	92	133	120	93	120	136	22
1 year to under 3 years	211	234	211	244	184	195	235	254	42
3 years to under 5 years	37	42	49	54	38	26	48	54	9
Total	689	600	635	573	625	496	566	611	*100*
5-11
Under 6 weeks	235	155	229	144	169	145	97	105	10
6 weeks to under 6 months	135	184	144	92	140	80	86	112	11
6 months to under 1 year	232	271	146	190	189	161	157	185	18
1 year to under 3 years	377	390	276	385	269	317	400	351	34
3 years to under 5 years	109	94	110	143	162	114	162	190	18
5 years and over	53	30	39	61	51	71	84	86	8
Total	1,140	1,124	943	1,015	979	888	986	1,029	*100*
12-15
Under 6 weeks	233	200	306	151	182	182	140	130	14
6 weeks to under 6 months	248	229	213	155	180	143	154	146	16
6 months to under 1 year	264	349	228	217	215	170	164	204	22
1 year to under 3 years	437	440	388	430	321	285	336	304	33
3 years to under 5 years	127	111	91	109	120	86	81	82	9
5 years and over	65	64	56	40	46	41	65	58	6
Total	1,374	1,393	1,281	1,102	1,065	907	940	924	*100*
16+
Under 6 weeks	46	48	90	33	50	68	18	21	1
6 weeks to under 6 months	88	91	84	92	121	83	54	104	7
6 months to under 1 year	175	280	176	175	179	184	194	267	18
1 year to under 3 years	514	727	535	613	543	510	553	606	41
3 years to under 5 years	186	248	236	198	223	169	243	243	16
5 years and over	113	151	143	163	129	166	229	242	16
Total	1,121	1,545	1,264	1,274	1,245	1,180	1,291	1,483	*100*
TOTAL
Under 6 weeks	750	506	861	440	640	578	390	398	10
6 weeks to under 6 months	611	625	556	421	583	390	405	471	11
6 months to under 1 year	852	1,078	652	732	713	617	654	805	19
1 year to under 3 years	1,539	1,791	1,410	1,672	1,317	1,308	1,524	1,515	37
3 years to under 5 years	459	496	485	504	543	395	534	569	14
5 years and over	230	245	237	264	225	278	378	386	9
Total	4,441	4,740	4,202	4,034	4,021	3,566	3,885	4,144	*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 data.
Figures for 2006 are revised.
In 2000 to 2004 some totals do not exactly equal the sum of their component parts due to the effects of rounding estimated figures.
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.

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