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 28 NUMBERS OF CHILDREN REFERRED, SUBJECT TO A CASE CONFERENCE, REGISTERED AND ON CHILD PROTECTION REGISTERS BY LOCAL AUTHORITY AREA

Local authority area

Year Ended 31 March 2003

Number Referred

Rate of referrals per 1,000 population aged 0-151

Number Subject to a Case Conference

Rate of conferences per 1,000 population aged 0-151

Number Registered

Rate of registrations per 1,000 population aged 0-151

Number on Register

Rate on register per 1,000 population aged 0-151

Aberdeen City

700

20.7

235

6.9

205

6.0

165

4.8

Aberdeenshire

460

9.8

120

2.6

90

2.0

110

2.4

Angus

235

11.7

100

5.0

90

4.3

85

4.3

Argyll & Bute

205

12.1

100

5.9

65

3.9

50

2.9

Clackmannanshire

165

17.0

45

4.8

45

4.4

30

3.0

Dumfries & Galloway

335

12.3

175

6.5

150

5.5

100

3.7

Dundee City

185

7.4

130

5.1

110

4.3

80

3.1

East Ayrshire

80

3.4

45

1.9

35

1.5

30

1.3

East Dunbartonshire

95

4.3

30

1.4

20

0.9

15

0.7

East Lothian

205

10.8

95

5.0

75

4.0

75

4.1

East Renfrewshire

50

2.7

20

1.1

10

0.6

5

0.4

Edinburgh, City of

705

9.8

215

3.0

200

2.8

330

4.6

Eilean Siar

45

9.5

10

2.5

10

2.1

20

3.7

Falkirk

315

11.2

120

4.3

65

2.3

65

2.3

Fife

470

7.0

135

2.0

120

1.8

95

1.4

Glasgow City

725

7.0

375

3.6

255

2.5

205

2.0

Highland

475

11.9

105

2.7

100

2.5

125

3.1

Inverclyde

115

7.4

60

3.8

40

2.5

35

2.1

Midlothian

155

9.2

60

3.5

45

2.7

65

4.0

Moray

175

10.1

85

5.0

55

3.2

35

1.9

North Ayrshire

125

4.7

60

2.2

40

1.6

20

0.8

North Lanarkshire

325

5.0

185

2.8

130

2.0

85

1.3

Orkney Isles

50

12.7

15

4.2

10

2.4

0

0.3

Perth & Kinross

180

7.1

85

3.3

75

3.0

50

2.0

Renfrewshire

235

7.2

135

4.1

100

3.1

85

2.6

Scottish Borders

225

11.1

80

4.0

70

3.6

50

2.4

Shetland

65

13.3

25

5.1

10

2.1

10

1.7

South Ayrshire

90

4.5

30

1.6

25

1.2

25

1.4

South Lanarkshire

300

5.1

100

1.7

55

0.9

95

1.6

Stirling

175

10.5

70

4.1

50

2.9

50

3.0

West Dunbartonshire

110

6.0

35

2.0

25

1.3

15

0.7

West Lothian

270

7.8

85

2.5

75

2.2

85

2.4

Scotland

8,033

8.4

3,173

3.3

2,446

2.6

2,289

2.4

Source: (1) General Register Office (Scotland) - 2002 mid-year estimates
Note : (2) Some totals do not exactly equal the sum of their component parts due to the effects of rounding.
Note : (3) Figures given to the nearest 5 to preserve confidentiality

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