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CHILD PROTECTION STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2000

TABLE 3 CHILDREN WHO WERE SUBJECT TO A CASE CONFERENCE1 : BREAKDOWN BY CHILD'S PRIMARY KNOWN/SUSPECTED ABUSER

Primary known/suspected abuser

Year Ended 31 March……

1999

2000

Number

Percentage of total

Number

Percentage of total

 

Natural parent

2,148

78.6

2,034

78.4

 

Step parent

133

4.9

122

4.7

 

Parent's co-habitee

207

7.6

191

7.4

 

Other relative (including sibling)

141

5.2

142

5.5

 

Other person known to child / family

99

3.6

86

3.3

 

Person unknown to child / family

5

0.2

18

0.7

 

Total

2,734

100.0

2,593

100.0

1. Children referred for child protection inquiries in Scotland in the years ended 31 March 1999 & 2000 who were subject to a case conference.
2. Due to the inclusion of some estimated (rounded) figures in tables, the sum of component parts may not equal the totals shown.

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