Statistics Publication Notice: Health and Care Series: Secure Accommodation Statistics 2006-07

Table 4: Young people in secure accommodation at 31st March 2000-2007 by gender, age, disability and length of stay

NUMBER	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Gender of residents
Boys	71	63	69	69	67	54	62	78
Girls	16	23	27	21	24	29	20	28
Age of Residents
13 years old or under	7	13	17	12	8	10	11	13
14 years	20	16	13	13	18	16	19	19
15 years	38	31	40	40	36	38	33	42
16 years or over	22	26	26	25	29	19	19	32
Residents with disabilities
Any disability								99
Length of stay of residents
Less than 1 month	17	22	16	17	23	22	25	28
1 month to under 2 months	13	8	13	20	16	12	9	21
2 months to under 3 months	12	11	16	7	6	8	7	12
3 months to under 6 months	22	20	25	21	27	24	20	27
6 months to under 1 year	12	14	17	15	10	11	17	14
1 year or more	11	11	9	10	9	6	4	4
Total	87	86	96	90	91	83	82	106
PERCENTAGE	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Gender of residents
Boys	82%	73%	72%	77%	74%	65%	76%	74%
Girls	18%	27%	28%	23%	26%	35%	24%	26%
Age of Residents
13 years old or under	8%	15%	18%	13%	9%	12%	13%	12%
14 years	23%	19%	14%	14%	20%	19%	23%	18%
15 years	44%	36%	42%	44%	40%	46%	40%	40%
16 years or over	25%	30%	27%	28%	32%	23%	23%	30%
Residents with disabilities
Any disability								93%
Length of stay of residents
Less than 1 month	20%	26%	17%	19%	25%	27%	30%	26%
1 month to under 2 months	15%	9%	14%	22%	18%	14%	11%	20%
2 months to under 3 months	14%	13%	17%	8%	7%	10%	9%	11%
3 months to under 6 months	25%	23%	26%	23%	30%	29%	24%	25%
6 months to under 1 year	14%	16%	18%	17%	11%	13%	21%	13%
1 year or more	13%	13%	9%	11%	10%	7%	5%	4%
Total	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%

Note: Length of stay is truncated at the 31st March.
Comparable data on disability is not available prior to 2007.

Page updated: Tuesday, September 11, 2007

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