Statistics Publication Notice: Children Looked After Statistics 2007-08

Table 2.1: Number of children looked after and number of children starting to be looked after 2000-2008 by age and gender

Age/gender	Children looked after on 31st March….									Percentage of 2008 total	Children looked after as a percentage of the population
Age/gender	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	Percentage of 2008 total	Children looked after as a percentage of the population
Male
Under 1	130	101	99	104	122	141	126	150	175	1	0.6
1-4	956	890	957	926	975	995	1,093	1,211	1,334	9	1.2
5-11	1,997	1,968	2,081	2,144	2,192	2,269	2,451	2,645	2,872	19	1.4
12-15	2,724	2,577	2,548	2,498	2,489	2,481	2,595	2,659	2,783	19	2.2
16-17	765	756	801	811	793	849	854	948	918	6	1.4
18-21							107	174	170	1	0.5
Not known						1	0	0	0	0
Total	6,572	6,291	6,486	6,483	6,571	6,736	7,226	7,787	8,252	55	*1.4*
Female
Under 1	105	92	84	77	125	106	140	134	151	1	0.5
1-4	729	722	811	841	873	957	1,005	1,171	1,251	8	1.2
5-11	1,572	1,554	1,701	1,771	1,873	1,987	2,044	2,149	2,383	16	1.2
12-15	1,763	1,674	1,676	1,617	1,687	1,806	1,929	2,087	2,074	14	1.7
16-17	568	564	483	599	546	592	525	610	687	5	1.1
18-21							113	122	88	1	0.3
Not known						0	0	0	0	0
Total	4,737	4,606	4,755	4,905	5,104	5,448	5,756	6,273	6,634	45	*1.2*
All people
Under 1	235	193	183	181	247	247	266	284	326	2	0.6
1-4	1,685	1,612	1,768	1,768	1,848	1,952	2,098	2,382	2,585	17	1.2
5-11	3,569	3,522	3,781	3,914	4,065	4,257	4,495	4,794	5,255	35	1.3
12-15	4,487	4,251	4,224	4,115	4,176	4,287	4,524	4,746	4,857	33	1.9
16-17	1,333	1,319	1,284	1,410	1,339	1,441	1,379	1,558	1,605	11	1.2
18-21							220	296	258	2	0.4
Not known						1	0	0	0	0
Total	11,309	10,897	11,241	11,388	11,675	12,185	12,982	14,060	14,886	*100*	*1.3*
Age/gender	Children starting to be looked after in year ending 31st March….									Percentage of 2008 total
Age/gender	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	Percentage of 2008 total
Male
Under 1	115	127	139	146	179	218	220	207	280	5
1-4	497	444	516	457	483	433	523	593	600	12
5-11	805	737	702	783	732	666	748	864	834	16
12-15	1,177	1,220	1,070	1,021	949	949	986	1,043	932	18
16-17	156	192	210	163	142	100	140	164	133	3
18-21							9	7	2	0
Not known						1	0	0	0	0
Total	2,750	2,720	2,637	2,570	2,485	2,367	2,626	2,878	2,781	54
Female
Under 1	122	107	120	123	187	182	195	205	222	4
1-4	398	377	427	393	417	424	470	564	532	10
5-11	585	578	583	568	626	589	545	649	703	14
12-15	797	782	781	753	750	695	810	835	825	16
16-17	120	130	130	108	100	74	79	110	92	2
18-21							8	4	3	0
Not known						1	0	0	0	0
Total	2,022	1,974	2,042	1,943	2,079	1,965	2,107	2,367	2,377	46
All people
Under 1	237	234	259	268	366	400	415	412	502	10
1-4	895	821	943	850	900	857	993	1,157	1,132	22
5-11	1,390	1,315	1,285	1,350	1,357	1,255	1,293	1,513	1,537	30
12-15	1,974	2,002	1,852	1,773	1,699	1,644	1,796	1,878	1,757	34
16-17	276	322	340	271	242	175	219	274	225	4
18-21							17	11	5	0
Not known						2	0	0	0	0
Total	4,771	4,694	4,678	4,513	4,564	4,333	4,733	5,245	5,158	*100*

Notes: Table excludes children who are on a planned series of short term placements.

Figures for 2007-08 are provisional and may be revised in 2008-09.

Falkirk did not provide information on children starting to be looked after in 2007-08. Falkirk's figures from 2006-07 have been incorporated into the bottom half of the table.

Figures for 2007 on children starting to be looked after are revised.

Prior to 2008, table includes estimates wherever local authorities were not able to provide information.

Prior to 2005 'unknowns' were allocated to a category rather than being reported as unknown. For this reason, totals do not always exactly equal the sum of their parts, due to rounding.

The number of looked after children aged 18+ was not asked for prior to 2006.

Bottom half of table records episodes of care which have begun. A child may start to be looked after more than once in a year and so may be counted more than once.

Changes between 2003-04 and 2004-05 are partly due to improved recording.

Rates per population are based on GRO(Scotland) 2007 mid-year population estimates. 18-21 is calculated as a percentage of 18 year olds. Total rates are calculated as a percentage of 0-18s.

« Previous | Contents | Next »

The Scottish Government

Statistics

On this page:

Statistics Publication Notice: Children Looked After Statistics 2007-08