Table 2.6: Number of children ceasing to be looked after, by destination and age, 2000-2006
Age		Children ceasing to be looked after in year ending 31st March….							% of totals
	Destination after leaving care	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2006
Under 1
	Home with parents	61	29	60	49	82	55	55	65
	Friends / relatives	7	5	6	7	10	7	*	5
	Adoption	14	8	6	5	10	5	6	7
	Supported accommodation / own tenancy	*	*	0	0	0	*	*	0
	Other	33	34	5	9	3	*	19	23
	unknown						22	0	0
	Total	117	78	78	70	105	93	84	100
1-4
	Home with parents	518	369	410	382	444	238	318	65
	Friends / relatives	44	30	65	61	71	36	57	12
	Adoption	36	44	50	49	73	53	47	10
	Supported accommodation / own tenancy	*	*	0	*	0	*	0	0
	Other	89	156	110	80	35	29	68	14
	unknown						138	0	0
	Total	689	600	635	573	623	496	490	100
5-11
	Home with parents	839	749	698	726	724	518	596	70
	Friends / relatives	61	69	84	103	106	72	91	11
	Adoption	35	17	30	48	72	51	54	6
	Supported accommodation / own tenancy	13	6	*	*	*	*	0	0
	Other	191	283	126	136	70	32	109	13
	unknown						214	0	0
	Total	1,140	1,124	943	1,015	977	888	850	100
12-15
	Home with parents	877	856	983	850	867	591	624	75
	Friends / relatives	57	76	110	87	62	57	76	9
	Adoption	0	4	3	4	44	3	8	1
	Supported accommodation / own tenancy	23	33	10	5	21	6	13	2
	Other	417	424	175	156	69	41	109	13
	unknown						209	0	0
	Total	1,374	1,393	1,281	1,102	1,063	907	830	100
16+
	Home with parents	642	718	770	741	784	582	596	53
	Friends / relatives	76	114	75	74	96	83	97	9
	Adoption	0	0	*	*	11	5	5	0
	Supported accommodation / own tenancy	159	302	208	187	188	173	190	17
	Other	245	410	210	267	175	95	234	21
	unknown						242	0	0
	Total	1,121	1,545	1,264	1,274	1,253	1,180	1,122	100
TOTAL1
	Home with parents	2,938	2,721	2,922	2,748	2,902	1,984	2,189	56
	Friends / relatives	246	294	340	332	345	256	325	8
	Adoption	85	74	90	111	210	117	120	3
	Supported accommodation / own tenancy	198	343	223	194	213	183	203	5
	Other	975	1,308	626	649	352	200	539	14
	unknown						826	506	13
	TOTAL	4,441	4,740	4,202	4,034	4,021	3,566	3,882	100
Note: Table excludes children who are on a planned series of short term placements.
1 2005 and 2006 totals 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.
East Renfrewshire, Scottish Borders and Midlothian did not provide 2006 information in time for inclusion. 2004-05 figures for these authorities have been incorporated into this table and do not include young people aged 19-21.
South Lanarkshire and Edinburgh did not provide this information in 2006 and the total number of children ceasing to be look after in those authorities have been entered as 'unknown's.
A child may cease to be looked after more than once during the year and will be counted once for each episode of care ending.