Children's Social Work Statistics, 2011-12

Annex A

Children's Social Work Statistics 2011-12

Publication tables

Excel versions of these tables are available here: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/stats/bulletins/01032

Introduction

Illustration 1 Infographic showing all children in Scotland and relative number being looked after and on the child protection register at 31 July 2012

Chart 1 Number of children looked after or on the child protection register, 2000‑2012

Map 1 Rate of looked after children and children on the child protection register

per 1,000 children under 18, by local authority, 2011-12

Looked after children

Chart 2 Children looked after per 1,000 children under 18 by type of accommodation 1987‑2012

Table 1.1 Number of children looked after at 31 July 2011 and 31 July 2012 by type of accommodation

Table 1.1a Number of children looked after by type of accommodation, 1971-2012

Table 1.2 Children looked after at 31 July with and without a current care plan

Table 1.3 Number of children starting to be looked after 2002-2012, by age and gender

Table 1.4 Number of children ceasing to be looked after, by length of time looked after and age, 2002-2012

Table 1.5 Pathway plans and nominated pathway co-ordinators of young people who ceased to be looked after during 2011- 2012 who were beyond minimum school-leaving age on the date they ceased to be looked after

Table 1.6 Young people eligible for aftercare services on 31 July 2012, by age and economic activity

Table 1.7 All children with a current planned series of short-term placements at 31 July 2012, by type of placement

Chart 3 Cross-UK comparison of rate of looked after children per 10,000 children, 2004-2012

Child protection

Chart 4 Children on the child protection register, by age, 2000-2012

Table 2.1 Number of children on the child protection register by gender, 2000-2012

Table 2.2 Number and rate per 1,000 population aged 0-15 of children on the child protection register: 2007-2012, by local authority

Table 2.3 Concerns identified at the case conferences of children who were on the child protection register at 31 July 2012

Table 2.4 Number of registrations following an initial, pre-birth and transfer case conference, 2007-2012 - by length of time since previous de-registration

Table 2.5: Number of de-registrations from the child protection register, 2007-2012, by length of time on register and reason for de-registration

Chart 5 Cross-UK comparison of rate of children on the child protection register per 10,000 under 18s, 2004-2012

Secure care and close support accommodation

Table 3.1 Secure care and close support unit bed complement at 31 July 2012

Table 3.2a Secure care accommodation staff at 31 July 2012

Table 3.2b Close support accommodation staff at 31 July 2012

Table 3.3 Secure care and close support accommodation capacity and usage, 2010‑2012

Chart 6 Daily occupancy of secure care accommodation: 1 August 2011 To 31 July 2012

Table 3.4 Young people in secure care accommodation 2010-2012 by gender, age, additional support needs and length of stay