Children's social work statistics: 2019 to 2020
Children's social work statistics for Scotland for 2019 to 2020, including data on children and young people looked after, on the child protection register and in secure care.
Annex B
Children's Social Work Statistics 2019-20 Additional tables
Full Excel versions of these tables are available in the supporting files accompanying the publication.
1. Looked after children 2019-20
Characteristics of looked after children at 31 July
Table 1.1 By age group and gender
Table 1.2 By ethnic group
Table 1.3 By additional support needs status
Table 1.4 By type of accommodation
Children starting to be looked after
Table 1.5 By age group and gender
Table 1.6 By ethnic origin
Table 1.7 By additional support needs status
Children ceasing to be looked after
Table 1.8 By age group and gender
Table 1.9 By destination on discharge and age
Table 1.10 By ethnic origin
Table 1.11 By additional support needs status
Table 1.12 By age group and length of time looked after
Young people ceasing to be looked after who were 16 or over
Table 1.13 By age group and destination on discharge
Table 1.14 By final accommodation type and destination on discharge
Placements ceasing
Table 1.15 Placements ceasing, by placement type and duration
Children looked after by number of placements
Table 1.16 Number of looked after children by age and number of placements
Young people eligible for aftercare services on 31 July
Table 1.17 2019-20 By age and type of accommodation
Table 1.17 2018-19 By age and type of accommodation
Table 1.18 2019-20 By gender and economic activity
Table 1.18 2018-19 By gender and economic activity
Table 1.19 2019-20 By ethnic group and economic activity
Table 1.19 2018-19 By ethnic group and economic activity
Table 1.20 2019-20 By disability status and economic activity
Table 1.20 2018-19 By disability status and economic activity
Table 1.21 2019-20 Episodes of homelessness since becoming eligible for aftercare services
Table 1.21 2018-19 Episodes of homelessness since becoming eligible for aftercare services
Table 1.22 2019-20 With pathway plan and pathway coordinator
Table 1.22 2018-19 With pathway plan and pathway coordinator
2. Looked after children, trend data
Table 2.1 Number of children looked after by age and gender, 2002- 2020
Table 2.2 Number of children looked after by type of accommodation, 2002-2020
Table 2.3 Number of children looked after by ethnic origin, 2003-2020
Table 2.4 Number of children looked after by additional support needs status, 2002-2020
Table 2.5 and Table 2.5a Number of children by legal reason for being looked after
Table 2.6 Number of children looked after by number of placements during the past year, 2012-2020
Table 2.7 Number of children ceasing to be looked after, by destination and age, 2002-2020
Table 2.8 Cross UK comparison of the number of looked after children and rate per 10,000 children under 18, 2005-2020
3. Looked after children, local authority data
Local authority breakdowns of
Table 3.1 2019-20 Children starting and ceasing to be looked after, 2019-20
Table 3.1 2018-19 Children starting and ceasing to be looked after, 2018-19
Table 3.2 2019-20 Characteristics of children looked after, 31 July 2020
Table 3.2 2018-19 Characteristics of children looked after, 31 July 2019
Table 3.3 2019-20 Children looked after by type of accommodation, 31 July 2020
Table 3.3 2018-19 Children looked after by type of accommodation, 31 July 2019
Table 3.4 2019-20 Percentage of care leavers beyond minimum school leaving age with a pathway plan and a pathway co-ordinator, 2019- 20
Table 3.4 2018-19 Percentage of care leavers beyond minimum school leaving age with a pathway plan and a pathway co-ordinator, 2018- 19
Table 3.5 2019-20 Young people eligible for aftercare services, percentage receiving aftercare and percentage in employment, education or training, 31 July 2020
Table 3.5 2018-19 Young people eligible for aftercare services, percentage receiving aftercare and percentage in employment, education or training, 31 July 2019
Table 3.6 2019-20 Number of children and young people ceasing to be looked after, by destination and local authority, 2019-20
Table 3.6 2018-19 Number of children and young people ceasing to be looked after, by destination and local authority, 2018-19
Table 3.7 2019-20 Comparison of reported and derived counts of looked after children on 31 July 2020, by local authority
4. Child protection additional tables
Table 4.1 Number of initial, pre-birth or transfer in child protection case conferences by child's primary known/suspected abuser, 2007-2020
Table 4.2 Number of children on the child protection register by ethnic group, additional support need status and religion, 2007- 2020
Table 4.3 Concerns identified at the case conferences of children who were on the child protection register, 2012-2020
Children on the child protection register at 31 July 2020 by local authority
Table 4.4 2019-20 Concerns identified at the case conferences of children on the child protection register at 31 July 2020, by age, ethnicity, disability status and religion
Table 4.4 2018-19 Concerns identified at the case conferences of children on the child protection register at 31 July 2019, by age, ethnicity, disability status and religion
Table 4.5 Movement on and off the child protection register, 2019-2020
Table 4.6 2019-20 Main abuser recorded at case conferences held during 2019- 20
Table 4.6 2018-19 Main abuser recorded at case conferences held during 2018- 19
Table 4.7 2019-20 Main abuser recorded at pre-birth, initial and transfer in case conference 2019-20
Table 4.7 2018-19 Main abuser recorded at pre-birth, initial and transfer in case conference 2018-19
Table 4.8 Rate of children on the child protection register per 10,000 children across UK, 2007-2020
Table 4.9 Rate of children on the child protection register per 10,000 children across the UK, 2007-2020
5. Secure care accommodation additional tables
Table 5.1 Young people discharged from secure care accommodation by gender, age and destination on discharge, 2019-20
Table 5.2 Number and percentage of young people discharged from secure care accommodation who received medical care during their stay, 2019-20
Table 5.3 Number of human papillomavirus (HPV) immunisations received by females discharged from secure accommodation during 2019-20
Table 5.4 Number and rate of young people admitted to secure care accommodation by local authority, 2013-2020
Table 5.5 Young people admitted to secure care accommodation: placement prior to admission by gender, 2019-20
Table 5.6 Young people admitted to secure care accommodation: legal reason for admission by gender, 2019-20
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