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Table 3.3: Number of children looked after, by local authority, accomodation type and characteristics of care away from home, 31st March 2007

Local authority area

Accommodation type of all children looked after on 31st March 2007

Children looked after away from home on 31st March 2007

Total

Children in community setting

Children in residential care

In placement for 1 year +

With 3+ placements

Number

Percentage

Number

Percentage

Number

Percentage

Number

Percentage

Aberdeen City

494

85

89

15

75

17

5

1

429

Aberdeenshire

369

87

55

13

175

77

118

52

227

Angus

255

90

28

10

138

66

56

27

210

Argyll & Bute

165

75

54

25

71

76

3

3

93

Clackmannanshire

166

91

16

9

28

26

25

24

106

Dumfries & Galloway

384

92

35

8

164

76

87

40

216

Dundee City

490

90

52

10

232

67

167

49

344

East Ayrshire

400

91

40

9

190

79

66

27

241

East Dunbartonshire

80

79

21

21

42

69

17

28

61

East Lothian

175

89

21

11

98

83

24

20

118

East Renfrewshire

94

91

9

9

46

98

9

19

47

Edinburgh, City of

1,093

89

135

11

596

77

271

35

773

Eilean Siar

46

94

3

6

15

63

3

13

24

Falkirk

297

84

57

16

142

63

89

40

225

Fife

642

89

78

11

356

71

161

32

501

Glasgow City

2,645

91

274

9

1,343

80

585

35

1,688

Highland

435

87

66

13

218

80

49

18

271

Inverclyde

235

86

37

14

66

52

8

6

127

Midlothian

263

87

39

13

148

74

48

24

201

Moray

168

87

25

13

77

67

38

33

115

North Ayrshire

412

87

61

13

207

82

74

29

252

North Lanarkshire

701

93

54

7

182

92

155

78

198

Orkney Isles

19

76

6

24

5

42

3

25

12

Perth & Kinross

177

97

6

3

79

74

13

12

107

Renfrewshire

493

85

89

15

307

78

62

16

394

Scottish Borders

170

88

24

12

104

75

38

28

138

Shetland

24

89

3

11

15

75

4

20

20

South Ayrshire

224

85

40

15

131

85

23

15

155

South Lanarkshire

407

79

109

21

150

68

9

4

219

Stirling

157

82

35

18

77

61

48

38

126

West Dunbartonshire

330

85

57

15

105

60

15

9

174

West Lothian

389

90

43

10

210

80

70

27

262

Scotland

12,399

88

1,661

12

5,792

72

2,343

29

8,074

Notes: Table excludes children who are on a planned series of short term placements.
Aberdeen City did not provide full information on stability of placements of children looked after away from home. Figures for this section for this local authority are therefore substantial underestimates.

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