Children's social work: statistics

Introduction

This section gives information on children and young people statistics. This includes data on looked after children, young people eligible for aftercare, children on the child protection register, and children in secure care accommodation. 

About

• About children's social work statistics

  An overview of the statistics the Scottish Government gathers on children's social work.

  Publication date

  18 March 2020

  Type

  Factsheet

• Corrections to children and young people statistics

Children's social work statistics

• Children's Social Work Statistics: Looked After Children - 2024-25
• Children's Social Work Statistics: Child Protection - 2024-25
• Children's social work statistics: Secure Care - 2024-25
• Children’s Social Work Statistics: Looked After Children 2023/24
• Children’s Social Work Statistics: Child Protection 2023-24
• Children's Social Work Statistics: Secure Care 2023-24
• Children’s Social Work Statistics 2022-23 – Looked After Children
• Children’s Social Work Statistics 2022-23 - Child Protection
• Children’s Social Work Statistics 2022-23 - Secure Care
• Children's Social Work Statistics Scotland: 2021 to 2022
• Children's Social Work Statistics, Scotland 2020-21
• Children's social work statistics: 2019 to 2020
• Children's social work statistics: 2018-2019 - republication
• Children's social work statistics 2017-2018
• Children's social work statistics 2016-2017
• Children's social work statistics Scotland 2015-2016
• Children's Social Work Statistics Scotland 2014/15
• Children's Social Work Statistics Scotland, 2013-14
• Children's Social Work Statistics Scotland, 2012-13
• Children's Social Work Statistics, 2011-12

Looked After Children and Child Protection local authority benchmarking analysis

• Looked after children statistics 2024: local authority benchmarking tool
• Child protection statistics 2024: local authority benchmarking tool

Education Outcomes of Looked After Children

• Education Outcomes for Looked After Children 2023/24
• Education Outcomes for Looked After Children 2022/23
• Education Outcomes for Looked After Children 2021/22
• Education Outcomes for Looked After Children 2020/21
• Education Outcomes for Looked After Children – 2019/20
• Looked after children: education outcomes 2018-2019
• Education outcomes for looked after children 2017-2018
• Education outcomes for looked after children: 2016 to 2017
• Looked after children: education outcomes 2015-2016
• Education outcomes for looked after children: 2014-2015
• Education outcomes for Scotland's looked after children, 2011/12
• Educational Outcomes for Scotland's Looked After Children 2010/11

High-level strategic documents

• Looked After Children Data Strategy 2015

Data access, data collection specifications and privacy notices

Background data and further analysis of the statistics published here may be available on request, subject to consideration of legal, ethical and other factors. Please contact childrens.statistics@gov.scot for further information.

To find out about access to record level or disclosive aggregate data see the information below on children's social work statistics data access.

Data specifications (ScotXed)

Scottish Government statistics: request our data

Scottish Exchange of Data: privacy Information

Other statistics publications

• Kinship Care Statistics