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Number of looked after children: FOI release
Information requested
1. Number of looked after children by categories of disability status (Yes/No/Not yet assessed/Missing) who were accommodated at some point in the year in statutory residential care home in Scotland. Yearly figures from 2008-2017 requested.
2. Number of looked after children by categories of disability status (Yes/No/Not yet assessed/Missing) who were accommodated at some point in the year in voluntary residential care home in Scotland. Yearly figures from 2008-2017 requested.
3. Number of looked after children by categories of disability status (Yes/No/Not yet assessed/Missing) who were accommodated at some point in the year in statutory residential care home in the following authorities - Glasgow, East Dunbartonshire, East Renfrewshire, Inverclyde, North Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire, South Lanarkshire, West Dunbartonshire. Yearly figures from 2008-2017 requested.
4. Number of looked after children by categories of disability status (Yes/No/Not yet assessed/Missing) who were accommodated at some point in the year in voluntary residential care home in following authorities - Glasgow, East Dunbartonshire, East Renfrewshire, Inverclyde, North Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire, South Lanarkshire, West Dunbartonshire. Yearly figures from 2008-2017 requested.
Response
I enclose a copy of the information you requested. This includes Annex A, which sets out numbers of looked after children by categories of disability status in (i) statutory or (ii) voluntary residential in either Scotland or in the specified local authorities (Glasgow, East Dunbartonshire, East Renfrewshire, Inverclyde, North Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire, South Lanarkshire, West Dunbartonshire) for each of the years from 2008 to 2017.
In addition, I am enclosing the sets of Guidance and Data Specification documentation which explain the data which appears in the Tables. Annex B, 2017 Guidance (see section 2.1 on page 8) defines disability for the purposes of the data from 2016 and 2017. Annex C, 2017 Data Specification (see section 2.3.4 f on page 12) confirms the care setting (placement type) for data from 2016 and 2017.
Annex D, 2015 Guidance (see section 2.1 on page 8) defines disability for the purposes of the data from all years requested prior to 2016. Annex E, 2015 Data Specification (see section 2.3.2 i on page 8) confirms the care setting (placement type) for data prior to 2016.
Detected exemption language
Annex B, 2017 Guidance (see section 2.1 on page 8) defines disability for the purposes of the data from 2016 and 2017. Annex C, 2017 Data Specification (see section 2.3.4 f on page 12) confirms the care setting (placement type) for data from 2016 and 2017. Annex D, 2015 Guidance (see section 2.1 on page 8) defines disability for the purposes of the data from all years requested prior to 2016. Annex E, 2015 Data Specification (see section 2.3.2 i on page 8) confirms the care setting (placement type) for data prior to 2016. View all FOI responses at http://www.gov.scot/foi-responses Copy of foi-18-00879 - Annex A - Summary of disability in voluntary and residential homes - April 2018.xlsx File type Excel document File size 17.7 kB FOI-18-00879 - Annex B - CLAS Guidance Notes - 2017 - See section 2 1.pdf File type 30 page PDF File size 457.6 kB FOI-18-00879 - Annex C - CLAS Data Specification - 2017 - See section 2 3 4 f.pdf File type 21 page PDF File size 445.8 kB foi-18-00879 - Annex D - CLAS Guidance Notes - 2015 - See section 2 1.pdf File type 31 page PDF File size 330.4 kB FOI-18-00879 - Annex E - CLAS Data Specification - 2015 - See section 2 3 2 i.pdf File type 18 page PDF File size 411.4 kB Contact Please quote the FOI reference Central Enquiry UnitEmail: ceu@gov.scotPhone: 0300 244 4000 The Scottish GovernmentSt Andrew's HouseRegent RoadEdinburghEH1 3DG