Table 1.16: Children ceasing to be looked after during 2008-09 by destination on discharge and age
Destination | Ages of children at time of ceasing to be looked after | Total |
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Under 5 | 5-11 | 12-15 | 16-17 | 18-21 |
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Home with biological parents | 540 | 741 | 770 | 722 | 20 | 2,793 |
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Home with newly-adoptive parents | 152 | 47 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 203 |
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Friends / relatives | 107 | 170 | 93 | 121 | 8 | 499 |
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Own tenancy / independent living | 0 | 0 | 1 | 78 | 15 | 94 |
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Supported accommodation / semi-independent living | 0 | 0 | 3 | 105 | 20 | 128 |
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Former foster carers | 13 | 11 | 9 | 28 | 10 | 71 |
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In residential care | 0 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 6 | 30 |
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Homeless | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 25 |
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In custody | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 19 |
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Other destination | 39 | 33 | 41 | 71 | 21 | 205 |
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Not known | 47 | 75 | 88 | 94 | 15 | 319 |
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Total | 899 | 1,078 | 1,013 | 1,278 | 118 | 4,386 |
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Notes:
Figures are provisional and may be revised in 2009-10.
Figures include all episodes of ceasing to be looked after ( i.e. a child may be counted more than once).
The 18-21 category in this table includes a small number of looked after young people who were over 21yrs