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Statistics Publication Notice: Children Looked After Statistics 2007-08

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Table 1.16: Children ceasing to be looked after during 2007-08 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 biological parents

393

589

615

691

48

2,336

Home with newly-adoptive parents

87

47

3

0

0

137

Friends / relatives

71

125

75

92

14

377

Own tenancy / independent living

1

0

3

78

17

99

Supported accommodation / semi-independent living

1

0

4

130

48

183

Former foster carers

7

10

7

16

7

47

In residential care

1

6

18

8

3

36

Homeless

0

0

1

23

4

28

In custody

0

0

3

21

6

30

Other destination

50

55

46

63

9

223

Not known

184

255

287

243

48

1,017

Total

795

1,087

1,062

1,365

204

4,513

Notes:

Figures are provisional and may be revised in 2008-09.

Figures include all episodes of ceasing to be looked after (i.e. a child may be counted more than once).

Fife did not provide information on children ceasing to be looked after. Fife's figures from 2006-07 have been incorporated into this table.

South Lanarkshire did not provide information for this table. The total numbers of children ceasing to be looked after in this local authority have been included in the "not known" column, with the destinations of those aged above minimum school leaving age identified from Table 1.21.

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