News Release: CHILDREN LOOKED AFTER IN THE YEAR TO 31 MARCH 2001
TABLE 4
NUMBER OF CHILDREN LOOKED AFTER AS AT 31 MARCH 2001 : BREAKDOWN BY TYPE OF ACCOMMODATION 1,2
Type of accommodation | Number in each category | Percentage in each category |
In the community: |
At home with parents | 4,842 | 44 |
With friends / relatives | 980 | 9 |
With foster carers | 3,084 | 28 |
With prospective adopters | 196 | 2 |
In other community | 215 | 2 |
Total | 9,315 | 85 |
In residential accommodation: |
In local authority home | 704 | 6 |
In voluntary sector home | 63 | 1 |
In residential school | 684 | 6 |
In secure accommodation | 87 | 1 |
In other residential accommodation | 44 | 0 |
Total | 1,582 | 15 |
Total children looked after | 10,897 | 100 |
1. Table excludes children who are on a planned series of short term placements.
2. Table includes rounded estimates for local authorities not able to provide information.
Some totals do not exactly equal the sum of their component parts due to the effects of rounding.