Table 1.6: Number of children ceasing to be looked after, by destination and age, 2000-2005
Age	Destination after leaving care	Children ceasing to be looked after in financial year ending….						% of totals 2005
		2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Under 1
	Home with parents	61	29	60	49	82	55	59
	Friends / relatives	7	5	6	7	10	7	8
	Adoption	14	8	6	5	10	5	5
	Supported accommodation / own tenancy	2	1	0	0	0	1	1
	Other	33	34	5	9	3	3	3
	unknown						22	24
	Total	117	78	78	70	105	93	100
1 to 5
	Home with parents	518	369	410	382	444	238	48
	Friends / relatives	44	30	65	61	71	36	7
	Adoption	36	44	50	49	73	53	11
	Supported accommodation / own tenancy	2	1	0	1	0	2	0
	Other	89	156	110	80	35	29	6
	unknown						138	28
	Total	689	600	635	573	623	496	100
5 to 11
	Home with parents	839	749	698	726	724	518	58
	Friends / relatives	61	69	84	103	106	72	8
	Adoption	35	17	30	48	72	51	6
	Supported accommodation / own tenancy	13	6	5	1	4	1	0
	Other	191	283	126	136	70	32	4
	unknown						214	24
	Total	1,140	1,124	943	1,015	977	888	100
12 to 15
	Home with parents	877	856	983	850	867	591	65
	Friends / relatives	57	76	110	87	62	57	6
	Adoption	0	4	3	4	44	3	0
	Supported accommodation / own tenancy	23	33	10	5	21	6	1
	Other	417	424	175	156	69	41	5
	unknown						209	23
	Total	1,374	1,393	1,281	1,102	1,063	907	100
16+
	Home with parents	642	718	770	741	784	582	49
	Friends / relatives	76	114	75	74	96	83	7
	Adoption	0	0	1	5	11	5	0
	Supported accommodation / own tenancy	159	302	208	187	188	173	15
	Other	245	410	210	267	175	95	8
	unknown						242	21
	Total	1,121	1,545	1,264	1,274	1,253	1,180	100
Total 1
	Home with parents	2,938	2,721	2,922	2,748	2,902	1,984	56
	Friends / relatives	246	294	340	332	345	256	7
	Adoption	85	74	90	111	210	117	3
	Supported accommodation / own tenancy	198	343	223	194	213	183	5
	Other	975	1,308	626	649	352	200	6
	unknown						826	23
	Total	4,441	4,740	4,202	4,034	4,021	3,566	100
Note:Table excludes children who are on a planned series of short term placements.
1 2005 total includes destinations of children with unreported ages and therefore do not equal the sum of the parts above.
In years 2000 - 2004 children with unknown destinations were allocated to a group rather than being presented as 'unknown'.
In 2000 to 2004 some totals do not exactly equal the sum of their component parts due to the effects of rounding.
	Total Known	3,467	3,432	3,575	3,385	3,670	2,540
	Estimates of Adoption based
	upon proportional allocation	24	28	16	21	20	47
	of other/unknown	109	102	106	132	230	164
	Proportion of Adoption under 5	59%	70%	62%	49%	40%	50%
	English Number for Comparison		3,100	3,400	3,500	3,800	3,800
	English Percentage Under 5		68%	65%	69%	64%	66%
	English Over adoption rate cf scot		2078	2342	2177	1499	2157
	No Under 5 over adoption rate		1382	1542	1776	1510	1696
	No Over 5 over adoption rate		696	800	401	-12	462
	Control Figures to check calculations		2078	2342	2177	1499	2157
Comparable English Figures
Table H		Looked after children adopted1 during the years ending 31 March 1995 to 1999
England
			numbers					All looked after children			58,900	59,700	60,800	61,100	60,900
			1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
All Children 2			2,000	1,900	1,900	2,100	2,200	All Children looked after adopted2			3,100	3,400	3,500	3,800	3,800
Sex								Gender
	Boys		1,000	980	920	1,100	1,100		Male		1,600	1,700	1,900	1,900	1,900
	Girls		1,000	930	940	1,000	1,100		Female		1,500	1,700	1,700	1,900	1,800
											0	0	0	0	0
Age at adoption								Age at adoption
	Under 1		200	150	140	140	200		Under 1		200	200	220	220	210
	1 to 4		810	860	890	1,110	1,300		1 to 4		1,900	2,000	2,200	2,200	2,300
	5 to 9		690	610	580	660	580		5 to 9		830	1,000	960	1,100	1,100
	10 to 15		290	260	220	170	150		10 to 15		130	180	180	210	160
	16 and over		30	30	30	20	10		16 and over		10	20	10	20	20
	Average age (yrs : months)		5:9	5:6	5:5	4:11	4:4		Average age (yrs : months)		4:3	4:5	4:4	4:5	4:2
Final placement								Final legal status3
	Placed for adoption		1,300	1,300	1,200	1,500	1,600		Freed for adoption		1,200	1,300	1,500	1,700	1,900
	Foster placement		690	610	600	570	510		Care order		1,500	1,700	1,700	1,700	1,600
	Other		50	40	50	20	50		Voluntary agreement (S20)		370	440	350	370	340
Final legal status								Duration of final period of care4
	Freed for adoption		520	560	590	690	720		Under 1 year		230	260	250	260	260
	Care order		1,000	960	940	1,100	1,000		1 year to under 2 years		950	1,000	1,200	1,200	1,400
	Voluntary agreement (S20)		460	380	330	330	430		2 years to under 3 years		920	900	960	1,100	1,100
	Other legal status		*	*	*	*	*		3 years and over		970	1,300	1,100	1,200	1,000
									Average duration (yrs:mths)		2:9	2:10	2:9	2:8	2:7
Duration of final period of care3
	Under 1 year		230	190	180	170	250	Age on starting final period of care4
	1 year to under 2 years		360	400	390	450	560		Under 1		1,700	1,800	2,000	2,000	2,100
	2 year to under 3 years		380	410	490	600	600		1		430	500	440	470	470
	3 years and over		1,100	900	810	890	780		2		310	430	380	400	400
									3		260	230	280	310	300
									4 and over		350	450	450	580	500
									Average age (yrs: mths)		1:6	1:7	1:7	1:8	1:7
1     Children who ceased to be looked after, where "adopted" was given as the reason final episode ceased
								Timing of adoption
2     Figures for children looked after in this table exclude agreed series of short term placements									Placed within 12 months of best interest decision		2,500	2,700	2,900	3,000	3,000
									Placed over 12 months of best interest decision		600	700	690	790	720
3     "Period of care" refers to a continuous period of being looked after, which may include more than one placement
	or legal status