Table 1.3: Number of children looked after 2000-2005 by type of accomodation
| Children looked after on 31 March… | % of 2005 total |
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Type of accommodation | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 |
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In the community: |
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At home with parents | 5,270 | 4,842 | 4,909 | 4,851 | 4,982 | 5,179 | 43 |
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With friends / relatives | 1,098 | 980 | 1,303 | 1,445 | 1,426 | 1,671 | 14 |
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With foster carers | 3,058 | 3,084 | 3,170 | 3,288 | 3,461 | 3,493 | 29 |
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With prospective adopters | 123 | 196 | 158 | 180 | 147 | 167 | 1 |
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In other community | 176 | 215 | 106 | 73 | 92 | 136 | 1 |
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Total | 9,724 | 9,315 | 9,646 | 9,838 | 10,108 | 10,646 | 87 |
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In residential accommodation: |
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In local authority home | 669 | 704 | 717 | 697 | 721 | 716 | 6 |
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In voluntary sector home | 54 | 63 | 56 | 83 | 66 | 57 | 0 |
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In residential school | 629 | 684 | 672 | 640 | 657 | 618 | 5 |
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In secure accommodation | 90 | 87 | 93 | 92 | 80 | 82 | 1 |
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Other residential accommodation | 143 | 44 | 55 | 38 | 44 | 66 | 1 |
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Total | 1,585 | 1,582 | 1,595 | 1,550 | 1,567 | 1,539 | 13 |
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Total | 11,310 | 10,897 | 11,241 | 11,388 | 11,675 | 12,185 | 100 |
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Note:Table excludes children who are on a planned series of short term placements.
Table includes rounded estimates for local authorities not able to provide information for years 2000-2004
Some totals do not exactly equal the sum of their component parts due to the effects of rounding.