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For Scotland's children report
Social Work
Figure 15
Number of Children looked after as at 31 March 2000, by local authority and
age group and number of children on child protection registers as at 31 March
1999, by local authority
|
Local authority area
|
Children looked after(1) as at 31 March 2000
|
Child protection registers as at 31 March 1999
|
|
Age Group
|
Total looked after
|
Number looked after per 1,000 population aged 0-17 years
(3)
|
Number on Register
|
Number on register per 1,000 population aged 0-15 years(3)
|
|
Under 1
|
1-4
|
5-11
|
12-15
|
16-17
|
|
Scotland(2)
|
235
|
1,684
|
3,569
|
4,487
|
1,334
|
11,309
|
10.0
|
2,361
|
2.3
|
|
Aberdeen City
|
16
|
90
|
211
|
195
|
81
|
593
|
13.6
|
201
|
5.2
|
|
Aberdeenshire
|
2
|
45
|
121
|
147
|
54
|
369
|
6.8
|
86
|
1.8
|
|
Angus
|
2
|
25
|
43
|
77
|
17
|
164
|
6.7
|
59
|
2.7
|
|
Argyll & Bute
|
1
|
20
|
53
|
67
|
22
|
163
|
8.8
|
41
|
2.5
|
|
CIackmannanshire
|
2
|
9
|
31
|
33
|
14
|
89
|
7.8
|
16
|
1.6
|
|
Dumfries & Galloway
|
6
|
64
|
88
|
118
|
31
|
307
|
9.8
|
70
|
2.5
|
|
Dundee City
|
9
|
67
|
111
|
187
|
36
|
410
|
13.2
|
44
|
1.6
|
|
East Ayrshire
|
3
|
31
|
70
|
116
|
29
|
249
|
9.0
|
11
|
0.4
|
|
East Dunbartonshire
|
2
|
18
|
40
|
38
|
27
|
125
|
5.3
|
11
|
0.5
|
|
East Lothian
|
0
|
20
|
42
|
53
|
38
|
153
|
7.6
|
72
|
4.0
|
|
East Renfrewshire
|
1
|
11
|
30
|
29
|
10
|
81
|
4.0
|
21
|
1.2
|
|
Edinburgh, City of
|
26
|
159
|
337
|
422
|
100
|
1,044
|
12.0
|
360
|
4.6
|
|
Eilean Siar
|
0
|
5
|
16
|
18
|
10
|
49
|
7.9
|
19
|
3.5
|
|
Falkirk
|
7
|
33
|
63
|
111
|
27
|
241
|
7.5
|
80
|
2.8
|
|
Fife
|
8
|
69
|
128
|
186
|
37
|
428
|
5.4
|
85
|
1.2
|
|
Glasgow City
|
83
|
411
|
804
|
925
|
300
|
2,523
|
19.0
|
380
|
3.2
|
|
Highland
|
8
|
56
|
116
|
169
|
42
|
391
|
8.1
|
216
|
5.1
|
|
Inverclyde(2)
|
2
|
37
|
79
|
88
|
46
|
252
|
12.8
|
11
|
0.6
|
|
Midlothian
|
0
|
35
|
74
|
78
|
35
|
222
|
12.1
|
47
|
2.9
|
|
Moray
|
7
|
30
|
57
|
37
|
11
|
142
|
7.0
|
50
|
2.8
|
|
North Ayrshire
|
3
|
64
|
165
|
214
|
33
|
479
|
14.7
|
31
|
1.1
|
|
North Lanarkshire
|
6
|
94
|
192
|
203
|
117
|
612
|
8.0
|
54
|
0.8
|
|
Orkney lsles
|
1
|
5
|
7
|
11
|
3
|
27
|
5.9
|
1
|
0.2
|
|
Perth & Kinross
|
3
|
17
|
61
|
81
|
16
|
178
|
6.
|
45
|
1.7
|
|
Renfrewshire
|
7
|
56
|
138
|
181
|
42
|
424
|
10.5
|
65
|
1.8
|
|
Scottish Borders
|
7
|
24
|
38
|
65
|
25
|
159
|
7.0
|
2
|
1.0
|
|
Shetland
|
0
|
4
|
16
|
9
|
8
|
371
|
8.4
|
23
|
4.5
|
|
South Ayrshire
|
2
|
17
|
41
|
45
|
10
|
115
|
4.7
|
4
|
0.2
|
|
South Lanarkshire(2)
|
16
|
66
|
112
|
201
|
15
|
411
|
5.8
|
50
|
0.8
|
|
Stirling
|
2
|
21
|
61
|
70
|
14
|
168
|
9.1
|
42
|
2.6
|
|
West Dunbartonshire
|
1
|
31
|
92
|
142
|
23
|
289
|
12.6
|
42
|
2.1
|
|
West Lothian
|
2
|
50
|
132
|
171
|
60
|
415
|
11.1
|
103
|
3.1
|
Notes: (1) Excludes children who are on a planned series of short-term
placements.
(2) Breakdowns for Inverclyde and South Lanarkshire (and therefore
Scotland) have been estimated due to the age group not being provided for some
children in these areas. Some of the totals in this table may not therefore
exactly equal the sum of their component parts due to the effects of rounding.
(3) Population figures used are as at 30 June 1999.
Source: Taken from 'Children Looked After in the Year to 31 March 2000'
(available at http://www.scotland.gov.uk/stats/bulletins/00072-00.asp
)
and from 'Child Protection Statistics for the Year Ended 31 March 1999'
(available at http://www.scotland.gov.uk/stats/bulletins/00031-00.asp
)
Figure 16
Number of Children looked after as at 31 March 2000:
breakdown by type of accommodation(1,2)
|
Type of accommodation
|
Number in each category
|
Percentage in each category
|
|
Total children looked after In the community:
|
11,309
|
100
|
|
At home with parents
|
5,270
|
47
|
|
With friends/relatives
|
1,096
|
10
|
|
With foster carers
|
3,058
|
27
|
|
With prospective adopters
|
123
|
1
|
|
In other community
|
176
|
2
|
|
Total
|
9,724
|
86
|
|
In residential accommodation:
|
|
In local authority home
|
669
|
6
|
|
In voluntary sector home
|
54
|
0
|
|
In residential school
|
629
|
6
|
|
In secure accommodation
|
90
|
1
|
|
In other residential accommodation
|
143
|
1
|
|
Total
|
1,585
|
14
|
Notes: (1)Table excludes children who are on a planned series
of short term placements.
(2)Table includes estimates for local authorities not able to provide
information. Therefore, some of the totals in this table may not exactly equal
the sum of their component parts due to the effects of rounding.
Source: Taken from 'Children Looked After in the Year to 31 March 2000'
(available at http://www.scotland.gov.uk/stats/bulletins/00072-00.asp
)
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