Table 1.31: All children with a current series of short term placements at 31st March 2007 by type of placement
Type of placement | Number of children |
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Residential establishment | 1,045 |
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Hospital | 8 |
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Foster placement | 618 |
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Other placement | 488 |
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Total | 2,159 |
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Notes: Table includes all children who had a current plan, even if they were not actually accommodated on 31st March.
Eilean Siar did not provide this information. There were no children with a current series of short term placements in this local authority on 31st March 2006, so it has been assumed that there were also no children in this group in 2007.