Table 2.3: Number of children looked after 2000-2007 by type of accomodation
Type of accommodation | Children looked after on 31 March… | Percentage of 2007 total |
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2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 |
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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 | 5,517 | 5,986 | 43 |
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With friends / relatives | 1,098 | 980 | 1,303 | 1,445 | 1,426 | 1,671 | 1,731 | 2,094 | 15 |
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With foster carers | 3,058 | 3,084 | 3,170 | 3,288 | 3,461 | 3,493 | 3,731 | 4,055 | 29 |
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With prospective adopters | 123 | 196 | 158 | 180 | 147 | 167 | 184 | 220 | 2 |
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In other community | 176 | 215 | 106 | 73 | 92 | 136 | 181 | 44 | 0 |
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Total | 9,724 | 9,315 | 9,646 | 9,838 | 10,108 | 10,646 | 11,344 | 12,399 | 88 |
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In residential accommodation |
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In local authority home | 669 | 704 | 717 | 697 | 721 | 716 | 737 | 756 | 5 |
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In voluntary sector home | 54 | 63 | 56 | 83 | 66 | 57 | 84 | 112 | 1 |
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In residential school | 629 | 684 | 672 | 640 | 657 | 618 | 662 | 628 | 4 |
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In secure accommodation | 90 | 87 | 93 | 92 | 80 | 82 | 78 | 113 | 1 |
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Other residential accommodation | 143 | 44 | 55 | 38 | 44 | 66 | 77 | 52 | 0 |
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Total | 1,585 | 1,582 | 1,595 | 1,550 | 1,567 | 1,539 | 1,638 | 1,661 | 12 |
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TOTAL | 11,309 | 10,897 | 11,241 | 11,388 | 11,675 | 12,185 | 12,982 | 14,060 | 100 |
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Notes: Table excludes children who are on a planned series of short term placements.
For those children on mixed placements (for example, a child attending a residential school and living with foster carers during the weekend) the child has been entered under the dominant placement, i.e. the place where the child spends the most time.
Prior to 2007, table includes estimates wherever local authorities were not able to provide information.
Figures for 2006 are revised.
Some totals do not exactly equal the sum of their component parts due to the effects of rounding.
In 2007 "Other residential accommodation" comprises only "Crisis Care".