Chidren's Social Work Statistics 2002-03

Statistics on child protection, children looked after, children in residential accommodation, social work staff and finance in Scotland


CHILDREN'S SOCIAL WORK STATISTICS 2002-03

TABLE 26 NUMBER OF CHILDREN ON CHILD PROTECTION REGISTERS : BY GENDER AND AGE GROUP

Age group/ gender

Year Ended 31 March……

2001

2002

2003

Number

Percentage

Number

Percentage

% diff from 01

Number

Percentage

% diff from 02

Boys

0-4

454

23

476

24

5

490

21

3

5-10

348

17

354

18

2

408

18

15

11-15

224

11

179

9

-20

235

10

31

16+

8

0

4

0

-51

4

0

-1

Total

1,035

52

1,013

50

-2

1,137

50

12

Girls

0-4

371

19

458

23

23

481

21

5

5-10

344

17

327

16

-5

405

18

24

11-15

236

12

208

10

-12

258

11

24

16+

15

1

12

1

-16

8

0

-34

Total

965

48

1,005

50

4

1,152

50

15

All people

0-4

825

41

933

46

13

971

42

4

5-10

693

35

681

34

-2

813

36

19

11-15

460

23

387

19

-16

493

22

27

16+

23

1

16

1

-29

12

1

-26

Total

2,000

100

2,018

100

1

2,289

100

13

Note: (1) Some totals do not exactly equal the sum of their component parts due to the effects of rounding.

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