Statistics Publication Notice: Health and Care Series: Children's Social Work Statistics 2004-05

Table 1.13: Number of children looked after, by local authority, accomodation type and characteristics of care away from home, 31st March 2005

Local authority area	Accommodation type of all children looked after on 31st March 2005				Children looked after away from home on 31st March 2005
	Children in community setting		Children in residential care		In placement for 1 year+		With 3+ placements		Total
	Number	*Percentage*	Number	*Percentage*	Number	*Percentage*	Number	*Percentage*	Total
Aberdeen City	460	85	83	15	238	67	140	40	353
Aberdeenshire	274	88	39	12	148	79	47	25	187
Angus	200	91	20	9	101	61	24	14	166
Argyll & Bute	182	79	49	21	73	80	39	43	91
Clackmannanshire	133	94	9	6	51	77	14	21	66
Dumfries & Galloway	349	92	30	8	124	62	42	21	200
Dundee City	407	89	49	11	195	66	152	51	296
East Ayrshire	300	89	38	11	159	84	51	27	190
East Dunbartonshire	73	77	22	23	36	73	12	24	49
East Lothian	124	83	25	17	73	68	13	12	107
East Renfrewshire	66	86	11	14	20	61	*	*	33
Edinburgh, City of	1,091	91	107	9	470	70	106	16	671
Eilean Siar	*	*	*	*	17	89	*	*	19
Falkirk	251	88	35	12	96	51	77	41	187
Fife	527	88	74	12	291	68	145	34	426
Glasgow City	2,123	88	283	12	972	63	538	35	1,539
Highland	334	84	64	16	172	73	29	12	235
Inverclyde	235	85	41	15	60	45	13	10	133
Midlothian	196	82	44	18	117	75	41	26	157
Moray	127	89	15	11	55	79	13	19	70
North Ayrshire	353	87	51	13	158	77	72	35	204
North Lanarkshire	648	93	52	7	102	58	96	55	176
Orkney Isles	*	*	*	*	6	60	*	*	10
Perth & Kinross	153	94	10	6	68	64	39	37	106
Renfrewshire	408	82	91	18	181	52	0	0	350
Scottish Borders	187	89	22	11	99	77	38	30	128
Shetland	24	80	6	20	15	79	6	32	19
South Ayrshire	222	87	32	13	94	75	23	18	125
South Lanarkshire	362	76	114	24	151	68	9	4	221
Stirling	130	86	21	14	79	90	43	49	88
West Dunbartonshire	264	82	59	18	108	67	11	7	162
West Lothian	390	92	36	8	190	79	79	33	242
SCOTLAND	10,646	87	1,539	13	4,719	67	1,918	27	7,006

Note: Table excludes children who are on a planned series of short term placements.
Statistics refer to the current episode of care
Cells containing * represent small numbers that are suppressed to maintain confidentiality.

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Table 1.13: Number of children looked after, by local authority, accomodation type and characteristics of care away from home, 31st March 2005