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Asked by: Greene, Jamie (Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party - West Scotland)
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many children have been (a) placed in (i) foster and (ii) kinship care and (b) classed as homeless as a result of parental imprisonment, in each of the last 10 years.
Answered by Don, Natalie - Minister for Children, Young People and Keeping the Promise
Children’s Social Work Statistics data provides an annual breakdown of the number of children and young people being looked after in community and residential placement types. However, data is not currently collected on reasons for homelessness or the linkage with parental outcomes including parental imprisonment.
Table 1 shows the number of children looked after on 31 July in kinship care and foster care placement types between 2013 and 2022. Publication tables in the Children’s Social Work Statistics publication show that on 31 July 2022 a total of 12,596 children were looked after compared to 16,032 on 31 July 2013. 4,249 (34%) young people were looked after by kinship carers with a further 4,155 (33%) young people in foster care.
Of all children looked after, the proportion of children placed with kinship carers has increased from 26% in 2013 to 34% in 2022. Of all the children looked after, the proportion of children placed with foster carers has stayed the same between 2013 and 2022 (33%).
Table 1: Number of children looked after in kinship care and foster care placement, on 31 July | |||||||||||||
Placement type | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | |||
Kinship Carers: friends/relatives | 4,183 | 4,217 | 4,158 | 4,279 | 4,138 | 4,073 | 4,175 | 4,456 | 4,410 | 4,249 | |||
Foster Carers provided by LA | 3,906 | 4,002 | 3,889 | 3,826 | 3,509 | 3,453 | 3,335 | 3,315 | 3,151 | 2,871 | |||
Foster Carers purchased by LA | 1,427 | 1,520 | 1,587 | 1,566 | 1,743 | 1,491 | 1,463 | 1,429 | 1,295 | 1,284 | |||
Total Foster Care | 5,333 | 5,522 | 5,476 | 5,392 | 5,252 | 4,944 | 4,798 | 4,744 | 4,446 | 4,155 | |||
Total (Foster +Kinship) | 9,516 | 9,739 | 9,634 | 9,671 | 9,390 | 9,017 | 8,973 | 9,200 | 8,856 | 8,404 | |||
Source: | Children's Social Work Statistics Scotland: 2021 to 2022 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot) | ||||||||||||
This information is publicly available in published tables released alongside the Children’s Social Work Statistics Scotland 2021-22 publication.
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