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Publication - Research and analysis

Born into care in Scotland: circumstances, recurrence and pathways

Published
13 April 2022
Directorate
Children and Families Directorate
Part of
Children and families
ISBN
9781804352854

The report was commissioned as it is important to understand more about the circumstances in which removal of babies shortly after birth takes place in Scotland, and the work undertaken with parents to prevent separation where possible, and the children’s pathways and permanence outcomes.

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Appendix

Table A1: Number and percentage of children becoming looked after away from home via the Children's Hearings System, by age, per year (2012/13 – 2019/20)
Year/ Infant age 2013/ 14 2014/ 15 2015/ 16 2016/ 17 2017/ 18 2018/ 19 2019/ 20 Total
Less than 1 year 425 454 435 443 380 384 328 2,849
20% 21% 20% 21% 20% 20% 18% 20%
1 year 191 173 177 182 158 171 151 1,203
9% 8% 8% 9% 8% 9% 8% 8%
2 years 159 144 155 152 129 137 118 994
8% 7% 7% 7% 7% 7% 6% 7%
3 years 129 129 139 125 121 129 137 909
6% 6% 6% 6% 6% 7% 8% 6%
4 years 101 130 129 142 101 129 117 849
5% 6% 6% 7% 5% 7% 6% 6%
5 years 111 114 109 122 107 98 102 763
5% 5% 5% 6% 6% 5% 6% 5%
6 years 112 119 109 91 108 102 97 738
5% 5% 5% 4% 6% 5% 5% 5%
7 years 109 98 126 92 90 91 90 696
5% 4% 6% 4% 5% 5% 5% 5%
8 years 100 95 97 97 97 77 97 660
5% 4% 5% 5% 5% 4% 5% 5%
9 years 102 103 80 92 81 83 79 620
5% 5% 4% 4% 4% 4% 4% 4%
10 years 74 83 82 85 67 80 83 554
3% 4% 4% 4% 4% 4% 5% 4%
11 years 74 94 79 87 82 60 81 557
3% 4% 4% 4% 4% 3% 4% 4%
12 years 70 81 76 90 78 57 80 532
3% 4% 4% 4% 4% 3% 4% 4%
13 years 100 119 89 106 96 100 90 700
5% 5% 4% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5%
14 years 148 140 145 99 112 97 101 842
7% 6% 7% 5% 6% 5% 6% 6%
15 years 114 126 118 87 107 92 65 709
5% 6% 6% 4% 6% 5% 4% 5%
Total 2,119 2,202 2,145 2,092 1,914 1,887 1,816 14,175
100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

Contact

Email: lorraine.harris@gov.scot

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