Children's Social Work Statistics Scotland, 2012-13

Annex A

Children's Social Work Statistics 2012-13

Publication tables

Excel versions of these tables are available here: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/stats/bulletins/01092

Introduction

Illustration 1 Infographic showing all children in Scotland and relative number being looked after and on the child protection register at 31 July 2013

Chart 1 Number of children looked after or on the child protection register, 2000‑2013

Illustration 2 Process by which children become looked after, on the child protection register or in secure care accommodation

Chart 2 Referrals to the Children's Reporter and numbers looked after/on child protection register, 2004-2013

Looked after children

Chart 3 Children looked after per 1,000 children under 18 by type of accommodation 1987‑2013

Table 1.1 Number of children looked after at 31 July 2009-2013, by type of accommodation

Table 1.1a Number of children looked after by type of accommodation, 1971- 2013

Table 1.2 Children looked after at 31 July 2013 with and without a current care plan

Table 1.3 Number and percentage of children starting to be looked after 2003- 2013, by age

Table 1.4 Number and percentage of children ceasing to be looked after, by length of time looked after and age, 2003-2013

Table 1.5 Percentage of children ceasing to be looked after by destination, 2007-2013

Table 1.6 Pathway plans and nominated pathway co-ordinators of young people who ceased to be looked after during 2012- 2013 who were beyond minimum school-leaving age on the date they ceased to be looked after

Table 1.7 Young people eligible for aftercare services on 31 July 2013, by age and economic activity

Table 1.8 All children with a current planned series of short-term placements at 31 July 2013, by type of placement

Chart 4 Cross-UK comparison of rate of looked after children per 10,000 children, 2005-2013

Child protection

Chart 5 Children on the child protection register, by age, 2000-2013

Table 2.1 Number of children on the child protection register by gender, 2000, 2005, 2010-2013

Table 2.1a Number of children on the child protection register by gender and age, 2000-2013

Table 2.2 Number and rate per 1,000 population aged 0-15 of children on the child protection register: 2007-2013, by local authority

Table 2.3 Concerns identified at the case conferences of children who were on the child protection register 2012-2013

Table 2.4 Number of registrations following an initial, pre-birth or transfer case conference, 2007-2013 by length of time since previous de- registration

Chart 6 Deregistrations by length of time registered, 2007-2013

Table 2.5: Number of deregistrations from the child protection register, 2007- 2013, by length of time on register and reason for deregistration

Chart 7 Cross-UK comparison of rate of children on the child protection register per 10,000 under 18s, 2004-2013

Secure care and close support accommodation

Table 3.1 Secure care and close support unit bed complement at 31 July 2013

Table 3.2a Secure care accommodation staff at 31 July 2013

Table 3.2b Close support accommodation staff at 31 July 2013

Table 3.3 Secure care and close support accommodation capacity and usage, 2011‑2013

Chart 8 Daily occupancy of secure care accommodation: 1 August 2012 to 31 July 2013

Table 3.4 Young people in secure care accommodation 2011-2013 by gender, age, additional support needs and length of stay