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Statistics Publication Notice: Children Looked After Statistics 2007-08

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Table 1.18: Children ceasing to be looked after during 2007-08 by disability status

Main Disability

Specific learning difficulties

12

Mental Health problem

13

Autistic spectrum disorder

17

Hearing impairment

7

Language and communication disorder

9

Physical or motor impairment

30

Visual impairment

7

Social, emotional and behavioural difficulties

195

Learning disability

40

Combined Sight and Hearing Loss (deafblind)

*

Other chronic illness/disability

27

Multiple disabilities

23

No disabilitities

3,087

Not known

*

Total looked after children

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.

Cells containing * represent numbers that are suppressed to maintain confidentiality.

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