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

Contact

Email: childrens.statistics@gov.scot

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