CHILDREN LOOKED AFTER 2001-02
TABLE 4
NUMBER OF CHILDREN STARTING TO BE LOOKED AFTER IN 2001-02 BY GENDER AND AGE GROUP 1-4
Age group | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | % change 2001 to 2002 |
Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage |
Male |
Under 1 | 127 | 3 | 139 | 3 | 9 |
1-4 | 444 | 9 | 516 | 11 | 16 |
5-11 | 737 | 16 | 702 | 15 | -5 |
12-15 | 1,220 | 26 | 1,070 | 23 | -12 |
16-17 | 192 | 4 | 210 | 4 | 9 |
Total | 2,720 | 58 | 2,637 | 56 | -3 |
Female |
Under 1 | 107 | 2 | 120 | 3 | 12 |
1-4 | 377 | 8 | 427 | 9 | 13 |
5-11 | 578 | 12 | 583 | 12 | 1 |
12-15 | 782 | 17 | 781 | 17 | 0 |
16-17 | 130 | 3 | 130 | 3 | 0 |
Total | 1,974 | 42 | 2,042 | 44 | 3 |
All people |
Under 1 | 235 | 5 | 259 | 6 | 10 |
1-4 | 821 | 17 | 943 | 20 | 15 |
5-11 | 1,315 | 28 | 1,285 | 27 | -2 |
12-15 | 2,002 | 43 | 1,852 | 40 | -8 |
16-17 | 322 | 7 | 340 | 7 | 6 |
Total | 4,694 | 100 | 4,678 | 100 | 0 |
Note: (1) Table excludes children who are on a planned series of short term placements.
Note: (2) Table includes rounded estimates for local authorities not able to provide information.
Note: (3) Some totals do not exactly equal the sum of their component parts due to the effects of rounding.
Note: (4) Table records episodes of care which have begun. A child may start to be looked after more than once in a year and so may be counted more than once here.