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Children's Social Work Statistics Scotland, No.1: 2012 Edition

Published: 29 Feb 2012

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ISBN:: 9781780456805

statistics on children looked after, child protection and secure care and close support accommodation statistics

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Children's Social Work Statistics Scotland, No.1: 2012 Edition

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REVISION to 2010-11 Looked after children data

Please note that all the 2010-11 looked after children statistics presented in this publication, other than those on aftercare and short term placements, have since been revised. The revised 2010-11 data are available here:

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Children/PubChildrenSocialWork/ChildrenSW11Tables

Revised time series figures are available here:

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2013/03/5229/downloads

The figures quoted below are unrevised.

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Table 1.4 shows the number of children who ceased being looked after between 2001-02 to 2010-11. Please note that a child will be counted more than once if they ceased being looked after more than once during the reporting year.

There were 4,746 children who ceased being looked after during the period 1 August 2010 to 31 July 2011. This was an increase of 5 per cent compared with the period 1 August 2009 to 31 July 2010.

The number of children who had been looked after for 1 year or more at the time of ceasing to be looked after has increased every year since 2004-05, whereas the number of children who had been looked after for less than 1 year at the time of ceasing to be looked after fell for the third consecutive year.

Table 1.4: Number of children ceasing to be looked after, by length of time looked after and age, 2002-2011

Age	Length of time looked after	Children ceasing to be looked after in year ending										Percentage of 2011 totals
		31 March…								31 July
		2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
Under 1
	Under 6 weeks	42	26	72	56	39	55	46	63	52	36	29
	6 weeks to under 6 months	25	26	25	28	44	29	33	42	43	58	47
	6 months to under 1 year	11	17	9	9	19	13	21	30	14	30	24
	Not known							1	0	0	0	0
	Total	78	70	107	93	102	97	101	135	109	124	*100*
1-4
	Under 6 weeks	193	86	167	126	96	87	119	102	86	89	10
	6 weeks to under 6 months	90	56	116	56	67	80	119	70	75	66	8
	6 months to under 1 year	92	133	120	93	120	136	119	115	132	156	18
	1 year to under 3 years	211	244	184	195	235	254	255	395	381	451	51
	3 years to under 5 years	49	54	38	26	48	54	66	82	110	117	13
	Not known							16	0	0	0	0
	Total	635	573	625	496	566	611	694	764	784	879	*100*
5-11
	Under 6 weeks	229	144	169	145	97	105	141	132	99	92	7
	6 weeks to under 6 months	144	92	140	80	86	112	96	68	89	92	7
	6 months to under 1 year	146	190	189	161	157	185	173	182	208	199	15
	1 year to under 3 years	276	385	269	317	400	351	343	382	401	495	38
	3 years to under 5 years	110	143	162	114	162	190	206	212	207	266	20
	5 years and over	39	61	51	71	84	86	102	103	106	159	12
	Not known							26	0	0	0	0
	Total	943	1,015	979	888	986	1,029	1,087	1,079	1,110	1,303	*100*
12-15
	Under 6 weeks	306	151	182	182	140	130	127	103	102	69	7
	6 weeks to under 6 months	213	155	180	143	154	146	149	98	109	106	10
	6 months to under 1 year	228	217	215	170	164	204	216	244	221	214	21
	1 year to under 3 years	388	430	321	285	336	304	337	379	427	428	41
	3 years to under 5 years	91	109	120	86	81	82	134	108	107	116	11
	5 years and over	56	40	46	41	65	58	79	84	87	99	10
	Not known							20	0	0	0	0
	Total	1,281	1,102	1,065	907	940	924	1,062	1,016	1,053	1,032	*100*
16+
	Under 6 weeks	90	33	50	68	18	21	27	9	3	12	1
	6 weeks to under 6 months	84	92	121	83	54	104	107	55	33	41	3
	6 months to under 1 year	176	175	179	184	194	267	274	196	189	136	10
	1 year to under 3 years	535	613	543	510	553	606	656	562	602	563	40
	3 years to under 5 years	236	198	223	169	243	243	247	250	248	271	19
	5 years and over	143	163	129	166	229	242	233	328	373	385	27
	Not known							25	0	0	0	0
	Total	1,264	1,274	1,245	1,180	1,291	1,483	1,569	1,400	1,448	1,408	*100*
TOTAL
	Under 6 weeks	861	440	640	578	390	398	460	409	342	298	6
	6 weeks to under 6 months	556	421	583	390	405	471	504	333	349	363	8
	6 months to under 1 year	652	732	713	617	654	805	803	767	764	735	15
	1 year to under 3 years	1,410	1,672	1,317	1,308	1,524	1,515	1,591	1,718	1,811	1,937	41
	3 years to under 5 years	485	504	543	395	534	569	653	652	672	770	16
	5 years and over	237	264	225	278	378	386	414	515	566	643	14
	Not known							88	0	0	0	0
	Total	4,202	4,034	4,021	3,566	3,885	4,144	4,513	4,394	4,504	4,746	*100*

Notes: Table excludes children who are on a planned series of short term placements.
Figures for 2011 are provisional and may be revised in 2011-12.
Fife did not provide information on children ceasing to be looked after in 2007-08.
Fife's figures from 2006-07 have been incorporated into this table for 2007-08.
Falkirk did not provide information on length of time looked after for children ceasing to be looked after in 2007-08. The total numbers of children ceasing to be looked after in this local authority for 2007-08 have been included as "not known".
Prior to 2008, table includes estimates wherever local authorities were not able to provide data. In 2000 to 2004 some totals do not exactly equal the sum of their component parts due to the effects of rounding estimated figures.
A child may cease to be looked after more than once during the year and will be counted once for each episode of care ending.
Some totals do not exactly equal the sum of their component parts due to the effects of rounding.
The number of children ceasing to be looked after during 1 April 2009 to 31 March 2010 was 4,625.

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