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Statistics publication of Child Protection and Secure Care and Close Support Accommodation


TABLE 17: NUMBER OF YOUNG PEOPLE ADMITTED TO SECURE CARE AND CLOSE SUPPORT ACCOMMODATION DURING 2009-10 BY LOCAL AUTHORITY

Local Authority of young person's home

Secure Accommodation

Close Support

Frequency

rate per 1000 population aged 10-19

Frequency

rate per 1000 population aged 10-19

Aberdeen City

7

0.3

3

0.1

Aberdeenshire

1

0.0

2

0.1

Angus

6

0.2

1

0.0

Argyll & Bute

4

0.3

0

0.0

Clackmannanshire

5

0.5

2

0.2

Dumfries & Galloway

2

0.3

0

0.0

Dundee City

21

1.2

9

0.5

East Ayrshire

8

0.5

0

0.0

East Dunbartonshire

3

0.2

0

0.0

East Lothian

1

0.1

0

0.0

East Renfrewshire

1

0.1

0

0.0

Edinburgh City

46

3.8

14

1.1

Eilean Siar

0

0.0

0

0.0

Falkirk

7

2.3

2

0.7

Fife

19

1.0

1

0.1

Glasgow City

92

2.1

7

0.2

Highland

5

0.1

3

0.0

Inverclyde

2

0.1

0

0.0

Midlothian

2

0.2

0

0.0

Moray

1

0.1

0

0.0

North Ayrshire

10

0.9

0

0.0

North Lanarkshire

11

0.7

0

0.0

Orkney Islands

0

0.0

0

0.0

Perth & Kinross

1

0.4

0

0.0

Renfrewshire

17

1.0

4

0.2

Scottish Borders

0

0.0

0

0.0

Shetland Islands

0

0.0

1

0.1

South Ayrshire

0

0.0

0

0.0

South Lanarkshire

7

0.5

2

0.2

Stirling

5

0.1

2

0.1

West Dunbartonshire

10

0.8

0

0.0

West Lothian

14

1.3

1

0.1

Outwith Scotland

5

1

Total

313

0.5

55

0.1

Notes: Young people are counted once for each time they are admitted to secure accommodation.

Based on June 2009 GRO (Scotland) mid year populatation estimates.

Information on close support accommodation was collected for the first time in 2010. Reported usage relates only to close support care provided in dedicated close support units, and does not include any close support provided in alternative settings.

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