Statistics Publication Notice: Children Looked After Statistics 2007-08

Table 2.7: Number of children ceasing to be looked after, by length of time looked after and age, 2000-2008

Age	Length of time looked after	Children ceasing to be looked after in year ending 31st March….									Percentage of 2008 totals
Age	Length of time looked after	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	Percentage of 2008 totals
Under 1
	Under 6 weeks	61	27	42	26	72	56	39	55	46	46
	6 weeks to under 6 months	43	31	25	26	25	28	44	29	33	33
	6 months to under 1 year	14	20	11	17	9	9	19	13	21	21
	Not known									1	1
	Total	117	78	78	70	107	93	102	97	101	*100*
1-4
	Under 6 weeks	176	76	193	86	167	126	96	87	119	17
	6 weeks to under 6 months	97	89	90	56	116	56	67	80	119	17
	6 months to under 1 year	168	158	92	133	120	93	120	136	119	17
	1 year to under 3 years	211	234	211	244	184	195	235	254	255	37
	3 years to under 5 years	37	42	49	54	38	26	48	54	66	10
	Not known									16	2
	Total	689	600	635	573	625	496	566	611	694	*100*
5-11
	Under 6 weeks	235	155	229	144	169	145	97	105	141	13
	6 weeks to under 6 months	135	184	144	92	140	80	86	112	96	9
	6 months to under 1 year	232	271	146	190	189	161	157	185	173	16
	1 year to under 3 years	377	390	276	385	269	317	400	351	343	32
	3 years to under 5 years	109	94	110	143	162	114	162	190	206	19
	5 years and over	53	30	39	61	51	71	84	86	102	9
	Not known									26	2
	Total	1,140	1,124	943	1,015	979	888	986	1,029	1,087	*100*
12-15
	Under 6 weeks	233	200	306	151	182	182	140	130	127	12
	6 weeks to under 6 months	248	229	213	155	180	143	154	146	149	14
	6 months to under 1 year	264	349	228	217	215	170	164	204	216	20
	1 year to under 3 years	437	440	388	430	321	285	336	304	337	32
	3 years to under 5 years	127	111	91	109	120	86	81	82	134	13
	5 years and over	65	64	56	40	46	41	65	58	79	7
	Not known									20	2
	Total	1,374	1,393	1,281	1,102	1,065	907	940	924	1,062	*100*
16+
	Under 6 weeks	46	48	90	33	50	68	18	21	27	2
	6 weeks to under 6 months	88	91	84	92	121	83	54	104	107	7
	6 months to under 1 year	175	280	176	175	179	184	194	267	274	17
	1 year to under 3 years	514	727	535	613	543	510	553	606	656	42
	3 years to under 5 years	186	248	236	198	223	169	243	243	247	16
	5 years and over	113	151	143	163	129	166	229	242	233	15
	Not known									25	2
	Total	1,121	1,545	1,264	1,274	1,245	1,180	1,291	1,483	1,569	*100*
TOTAL
	Under 6 weeks	750	506	861	440	640	578	390	398	460	10
	6 weeks to under 6 months	611	625	556	421	583	390	405	471	504	11
	6 months to under 1 year	852	1,078	652	732	713	617	654	805	803	18
	1 year to under 3 years	1,539	1,791	1,410	1,672	1,317	1,308	1,524	1,515	1,591	35
	3 years to under 5 years	459	496	485	504	543	395	534	569	653	14
	5 years and over	230	245	237	264	225	278	378	386	414	9
	Not known									88	2
	Total	4,441	4,740	4,202	4,034	4,021	3,566	3,885	4,144	4,513	*100*

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

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

Fife did not provide information on children ceasing to be looked after in 2007-08. Fife's figures from 2006-07 have been incorporated into this table.

Falkirk did not provide information on length of time looked after for children ceasing to be looked after in 2007-08. The total numbers of children ceasing to be looked after in this local authority have been included as "not known".

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

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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