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 6 NUMBER OF CHILDREN CEASING TO BE LOOKED AFTER IN 2002-03 LENGTH OF TIME LOOKED AFTER BY AGE
Length of time looked after |
Ages of children at time of ceasing to be looked after |
Total |
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Under 1 |
1-4 |
5-11 |
12-15 |
16-17 |
18 |
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Under 6 weeks |
26 |
86 |
144 |
151 |
29 |
4 |
440 |
6 weeks to under 6 months |
26 |
56 |
92 |
155 |
83 |
9 |
422 |
6 months to under 1 year |
17 |
133 |
190 |
216 |
162 |
12 |
732 |
1 year to under 3 years |
244 |
385 |
430 |
580 |
32 |
1,670 |
|
3 years to under 5 years |
54 |
143 |
109 |
171 |
28 |
506 |
|
5 years to under 10 years |
59 |
39 |
107 |
28 |
233 |
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10 years and over |
2 |
1 |
14 |
14 |
32 |
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Total |
70 |
573 |
1,015 |
1,102 |
1,146 |
128 |
4,034 |
Proportion of children by age group
Ages of children at time of ceasing to be looked after |
Total |
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Length of time looked after |
Under 1 |
1-4 |
5-11 |
12-15 |
16-17 |
18 |
|
Under 6 weeks |
37 |
15 |
14 |
14 |
3 |
3 |
11 |
6 weeks to under 6 months |
38 |
10 |
9 |
14 |
7 |
7 |
10 |
6 months to under 1 year |
25 |
23 |
19 |
20 |
14 |
9 |
18 |
1 year to under 3 years |
43 |
38 |
39 |
51 |
25 |
41 |
|
3 years to under 5 years |
9 |
14 |
10 |
15 |
22 |
12 |
|
5 years to under 10 years |
6 |
4 |
9 |
22 |
6 |
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10 years and over |
0 |
0 |
1 |
11 |
1 |
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Total |
100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
Percentage change since 2001-02
Ages of children at time of ceasing to be looked after |
Total
|
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Length of time looked after |
Under 1 |
1-4 |
5-11 |
12-15 |
16-17 |
18 |
|
Under 6 weeks |
-27 |
-52 |
-9 |
-28 |
19 |
-41 |
-28 |
6 weeks to under 6 months |
-14 |
-29 |
-27 |
-20 |
15 |
140 |
-17 |
6 months to under 1 year |
55 |
47 |
20 |
-15 |
-4 |
27 |
6 |
1 year to under 3 years |
5 |
18 |
-5 |
10 |
-26 |
6 |
|
3 years to under 5 years |
-2 |
8 |
4 |
-22 |
-21 |
-7 |
|
5 years to under 10 years |
68 |
-29 |
20 |
-5 |
12 |
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10 years and over |
-77 |
-90 |
0 |
-37 |
-44 |
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Total |
-10 |
-10 |
8 |
-14 |
3 |
-15 |
-4 |
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