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TABLE 9 NUMBER OF CHILDREN ON CHILD PROTECTION REGISTERS AND POPULATION RATES: 31 MARCH 2006-2010 BY LOCAL AUTHORITY AREA

Local authority area

As at 31 March…

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

Number on Register

Rate per 1,000 population aged 0-15

Number on Register

Rate per 1,000 population aged 0-15

Number on Register

Rate per 1,000 population aged 0-15

Number on Register

Rate per 1,000 population aged 0-15

Number on Register

Rate per 1,000 population aged 0-15

Aberdeen City

159

4.8

142

4.3

122

3.7

182

5.5

119

3.6

Aberdeenshire

105

2.3

68

1.5

78

1.7

81

1.7

51

1.1

Angus

62

3.1

88

4.4

113

5.7

82

4.1

92

4.7

Argyll & Bute

56

3.5

34

2.2

43

2.8

32

2.1

43

2.9

Clackmannanshire

24

2.5

23

2.4

29

3.0

58

6.0

56

5.9

Dumfries & Galloway

48

1.8

57

2.2

71

2.8

79

3.1

100

4.0

Dundee City

93

3.9

89

3.7

80

3.4

95

4.0

70

2.9

East Ayrshire

44

2.0

45

2.0

83

3.8

75

3.5

42

2.0

East Dunbartonshire

9

0.4

25

1.3

18

0.9

27

1.4

28

1.5

East Lothian

44

2.4

46

2.5

57

3.0

84

4.5

70

3.7

East Renfrewshire

20

1.1

18

1.0

31

1.7

29

1.6

31

1.7

Edinburgh, City of

290

4.1

311

4.4

276

3.9

287

4.1

256

3.6

Eilean Siar

12

2.5

15

3.2

2

0.4

23

5.1

6

1.3

Falkirk

55

1.9

81

2.9

86

3.1

93

3.3

73

2.6

Fife

168

2.5

202

3.1

150

2.3

191

2.9

220

3.4

Glasgow City

308

3.1

353

3.6

304

3.1

299

3.1

286

3.0

Highland

111

2.8

125

3.2

60

1.5

69

1.8

99

2.5

Inverclyde

33

2.2

30

2.0

32

2.2

42

3.0

35

2.5

Midlothian

50

3.2

80

5.1

74

4.8

90

5.9

96

6.2

Moray

56

3.5

72

4.5

89

5.6

66

4.2

44

2.8

North Ayrshire

34

1.3

56

2.2

44

1.8

56

2.3

60

2.4

North Lanarkshire

61

1.0

100

1.6

57

0.9

74

1.2

63

1.0

Orkney Isles

7

1.9

20

5.6

7

2.0

4

1.1

1

0.3

Perth & Kinross

31

1.2

47

1.9

43

1.7

43

1.7

49

2.0

Renfrewshire

79

2.5

87

2.8

106

3.4

126

4.1

119

3.9

Scottish Borders

46

2.3

63

3.1

30

1.5

47

2.3

32

1.6

Shetland

13

2.8

10

2.3

14

3.2

11

2.6

10

2.4

South Ayrshire

17

0.9

29

1.5

29

1.6

31

1.7

43

2.4

South Lanarkshire

99

1.7

127

2.2

140

2.4

117

2.1

135

2.4

Stirling

21

1.3

28

1.7

48

2.9

50

3.1

43

2.7

West Dunbartonshire

28

1.7

22

1.3

27

1.6

31

1.9

27

1.7

West Lothian

105

3.1

100

2.9

90

2.6

108

3.1

119

3.4

Scotland

2,288

2.5

2,593

2.8

2,433

2.7

2,682

2.9

2,518

2.8

Source: General Register Office (Scotland): 2005-2009 mid-year population estimates

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