| Information on Looked
After Children
at 31st March 1997 and 1998
Correspondence and enquiries
Carol Calvert- Statistician
The Scottish Office Social Work Services Group
Room 50
James Craig Walk
Edinburgh EH1 1BA
Tel: 0131-244-5366 Fax: 0131-244-5315
e-mail: carol.calvert@scotland.gov.uk
Annex 1: Number of children
looked after by authority at 31sr March 1998
Local Authority |
Boys |
Girls |
Total |
Number looked after per 1,000 population aged 0-17 years |
Value of family stress indicator |
| Aberdeen
City |
191 |
161 |
352 |
8 |
-9 |
| Aberdeenshire |
194 |
165 |
359 |
7 |
-111 |
| Angus
|
102 |
72 |
174 |
7 |
-44 |
| Argyll &
Bute |
94 |
72 |
166 |
9 |
-50 |
| Clackmannanshire
|
62 |
34 |
96 |
8 |
37 |
| Dumfries
& Galloway |
142 |
85 |
227 |
7 |
-38 |
| Dundee City
|
219 |
159 |
378 |
12 |
164 |
| East
Ayrshire |
149 |
89 |
238 |
8 |
54 |
| East
Dunbartonshire |
46 |
46 |
92 |
4 |
-82 |
| East Lothian
|
93 |
57 |
150 |
8 |
-35 |
| East
Renfrewshire |
54 |
37 |
91 |
4 |
-86 |
| Edinburgh,
City of |
449 |
430 |
879 |
10 |
39 |
| Eilean Siar
|
28 |
22 |
50 |
8 |
-83 |
| Falkirk
|
179 |
133 |
312 |
10 |
18 |
| Fife |
287 |
186 |
473 |
6 |
16 |
| Glasgow,
City of |
1393 |
954 |
2 347 |
17 |
221 |
| Highland
|
286 |
221 |
507 |
10 |
-39 |
| Inverclyde
|
142 |
55 |
197 |
10 |
94 |
| Midlothian
|
86 |
58 |
144 |
8 |
-11 |
| Moray
|
120 |
91 |
211 |
10 |
-78 |
| North
Ayrshire |
203 |
138 |
341 |
10 |
63 |
| North
Lanarkshire |
439 |
252 |
691 |
9 |
73 |
| Orkney Isles
|
NA |
NA |
25 |
5 |
-102 |
| Perth &
Kinross |
97 |
62 |
159 |
5 |
-42 |
| Renfrewshire
|
231 |
191 |
422 |
10 |
62 |
| Scottish
Borders |
105 |
64 |
169 |
7 |
-66 |
| Shetland
|
14 |
19 |
33 |
6 |
-105 |
| South
Ayrshire |
54 |
48 |
102 |
4 |
3 |
| South
Lanarkshire |
NA |
NA |
559 |
8 |
18 |
| Stirling
|
79 |
71 |
150 |
8 |
-5 |
| West
Dunbartonshire |
NA |
NA |
329 |
14 |
122 |
| West Lothian
|
210 |
158 |
368 |
10 |
0 |
| Scotland
|
NA |
NA |
10 791 |
9.4 |
34 |
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