Children's Looked After Statistics - 2025 Appendicies
Renfrewshire Council · 20 August 2026
Back to Education and Children's Services Policy Board — 20 August 2026 and its agenda
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Title can go here • Click to edit Master text styles • Second level • Third level • Fourth level • Fifth level Scottish Social Work Statistics Looked after children Scotland 10 Year 2015 -2025 Appendix 1
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Title can go here • Click to edit Master text styles • Second level • Third level • Fourth level • Fifth level Looked after children Scotland At home with parents Kinship Internal foster care Independent foster care Other community internal children's house Independent residential Total 31 July 2025 2411 4182 2409 968 465 586 797 11,818 31 July 2024 2313 4099 2557 1126 423 608 716 11,842 31 July 2023 2466 4154 2741 1186 339 650 670 12,206 31 July 2022 2637 4249 3871 1284 271 642 642 12,596 31 July 2021 2859 4399 3160 1307 244 621 665 13,255 31 July 2020 3563 4456 3315 1429 259 686 750 14,458 31 July 2019 3569 4175 3335 1463 272 708 740 14,262 31 July 2018 3323 2945 2864 1224 212 542 674 11,911* 31 July 2017 3766 4138 3509 1743 232 746 763 14,897 31 July 2016 3870 4279 3826 1566 299 717 760 15,371 31 July 2015 3927 4158 3891 1587 312 697 832 15,404 * Glasgow didn’t submit census data for 2018
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Title can go here • Click to edit Master text styles • Second level • Third level • Fourth level • Fifth level Renfrewshire’s looked after children Annual census 2015 - 2025 Appendix 2
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Title can go here • Click to edit Master text styles • Second level • Third level • Fourth level • Fifth level Looked after children in Renfrewshire At home with parents Kinship Internal foster care Independent foster care Other community internal children's house Independent residential Total 31 July 2025 134 240 100 23 15 19 21 552 31 July 2024 154 261 114 22 15 19 25 610 31 July 2023 169 266 115 28 9 20 33 640 31 July 2022 146 230 111 45 9 17 34 592 31 July 2021 160 218 110 48 7 17 27 587 31 July 2020 197 212 125 60 12 17 19 642 31 July 2019 190 190 127 61 13 30 18 629 31 July 2018 221 190 119 65 12 31 18 656 31 July 2017 221 178 132 78 9 28 13 659 31 July 2016 221 183 130 84 21 29 13 681 31 July 2015 220 176 125 92 18 35 16 682
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Title can go here • Click to edit Master text styles • Second level • Third level • Fourth level • Fifth level Scottish Social Work Statistics Looked after children Annual census - 31 July 2025 Appendix 3
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Title can go here • Click to edit Master text styles • Second level • Third level • Fourth level • Fifth level Looked after children by authority 1,722 887 697 697 665 552 481 446 440 426 416 406 398 340 328 307 269 255 234 228 221 208 208 205 189 165 131 120 86 36 30 24
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Title can go here • Click to edit Master text styles • Second level • Third level • Fourth level • Fifth level Looked after children by authority – Rate per 1000 27.2 20.9 17.7 16.3 15.3 14.9 14.2 14.1 12.9 12.3 12.3 10.6 10.6 10.5 10.3 9.9 9.9 9.7 9.6 9.3 9.0 8.8 8.7 8.7 8.6 7.7 7.5 6.9 6.1 5.8 5.3 3.7
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Title can go here • Click to edit Master text styles • Second level • Third level • Fourth level • Fifth level Children looked after at home by authority 267 189 157 147 134 124 111 111 111 104 91 88 85 69 60 54 49 46 46 45 44 42 40 37 31 30 27 24 21 16 9 2
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Title can go here • Click to edit Master text styles • Second level • Third level • Fourth level • Fifth level Children looked after at home by authority – rate per 1000 5.14 4.64 4.34 4.31 4.18 3.71 3.43 3.16 3.08 2.65 2.64 2.54 2.50 2.36 2.31 2.23 2.17 2.13 2.07 2.06 2.00 1.86 1.85 1.63 1.38 1.31 1.28 1.25 0.92 0.91 0.77 0.41
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Title can go here • Click to edit Master text styles • Second level • Third level • Fourth level • Fifth level Children looked after in kinship arrangements 862 338 337 240 225 221 213 168 131 110 105 97 95 95 90 85 84 82 79 78 78 69 64 52 46 44 28 27 22 8 7 2
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Title can go here • Click to edit Master text styles • Second level • Third level • Fourth level • Fifth level Children looked after in kinship arrangements – rate per 1000 12.04 7.96 7.44 7.25 6.96 6.65 5.42 5.05 4.72 3.93 3.71 3.39 3.27 3.15 3.00 2.95 2.94 2.93 2.77 2.69 2.67 2.50 2.19 2.02 1.90 1.71 1.43 1.43 1.38 1.18 0.93 0.48
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Title can go here • Click to edit Master text styles • Second level • Third level • Fourth level • Fifth level Children looked after in foster care provided by the local authority 309 217 172 145 130 100 100 99 94 83 83 81 70 70 69 63 63 62 61 51 50 44 41 32 24 23 21 14 14 13 3 2
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Title can go here • Click to edit Master text styles • Second level • Third level • Fourth level • Fifth level Children looked after in foster care provided by the local authority – rate per 1000 5.08 4.09 3.36 2.88 2.83 2.82 2.77 2.67 2.65 2.63 2.45 2.41 2.41 2.35 2.34 2.31 2.23 2.17 2.16 1.99 1.96 1.77 1.69 1.65 1.61 1.53 1.45 1.31 0.64 0.61 0.59 0.48
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Title can go here • Click to edit Master text styles • Second level • Third level • Fourth level • Fifth level Children looked after in independent sector foster care 130 118 104 73 67 47 47 46 44 41 28 28 24 23 20 16 16 15 14 13 10 10 8 7 7 5 4 2 1 0 0 0
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Title can go here • Click to edit Master text styles • Second level • Third level • Fourth level • Fifth level Children looked after in independent sector foster care – rate per 1000 4.45 3.71 3.00 2.55 1.87 1.31 1.10 1.06 1.05 0.99 0.96 0.90 0.87 0.87 0.80 0.79 0.64 0.61 0.54 0.51 0.46 0.37 0.37 0.27 0.25 0.24 0.14 0.13 0.04 0.00 0.00 0.00
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Title can go here • Click to edit Master text styles • Second level • Third level • Fourth level • Fifth level Children looked after in a local authority children’s house 101 64 51 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 19 18 17 15 15 14 12 11 11 10 9 8 7 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 3 0
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Title can go here • Click to edit Master text styles • Second level • Third level • Fourth level • Fifth level Children looked after in a local authority children’s house – rate per 1000 1.63 1.20 1.05 1.03 0.96 0.96 0.91 0.89 0.87 0.86 0.75 0.75 0.74 0.73 0.71 0.54 0.53 0.51 0.50 0.47 0.37 0.31 0.31 0.29 0.28 0.23 0.23 0.21 0.17 0.14 0.11 0.00
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Title can go here • Click to edit Master text styles • Second level • Third level • Fourth level • Fifth level Children looked after in residential provision purchased by the local authority 76 54 50 45 44 43 41 35 33 32 32 29 28 25 24 23 21 21 19 19 16 14 13 13 11 10 7 7 5 5 2 0
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Title can go here • Click to edit Master text styles • Second level • Third level • Fourth level • Fifth level Children looked after in residential provision purchased by the local authority – rate per 1000 2.08 1.86 1.37 1.34 1.33 1.23 1.15 1.07 1.07 1.05 1.04 1.03 1.03 0.89 0.88 0.79 0.77 0.77 0.73 0.72 0.64 0.61 0.59 0.58 0.48 0.47 0.36 0.34 0.30 0.22 0.10 0.00
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Title can go here • Click to edit Master text styles • Second level • Third level • Fourth level • Fifth level Children looked after in other community setting 84 48 37 32 32 25 18 16 15 15 12 12 12 11 11 11 10 9 9 9 6 6 6 5 4 4 3 2 1 0 0 0
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Title can go here • Click to edit Master text styles • Second level • Third level • Fourth level • Fifth level Children looked after in other community setting – rate per 1000 1.12 0.93 0.84 0.83 0.82 0.82 0.74 0.55 0.51 0.50 0.50 0.48 0.47 0.43 0.42 0.42 0.38 0.38 0.37 0.33 0.33 0.22 0.19 0.15 0.13 0.09 0.08 0.06 0.05 0.00 0.00 0.00