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England > North West Region

Children's Social Services

• Children looked after by local authorities, rates per 10,000 children aged under 18 years
• Percentage of children who ceased to be looked after during the years ending 31 March aged 16 or over, attaining 1 or more GCSE/GNVQ
• Percentage of care leavers in education, training or employment
• Children and Young People on Child Protection Registers, rates per 10,000 children aged under 18 years
• National Indicator 61 - The percentage of children looked after adopted during the year who were placed for adoption within 12 months of a local authority deciding that the child should be placed for adoption (and were subsequently adopted in that placement)1,2,3,4,5
• National Indicator 62 - The percentage of children looked after at 31 March with three or more placements during the year ending 31 March1,2,3,4,5,6,7
• National Indicator 63 - The percentage of children looked after aged under 16 at 31 March who had been looked after continuously for at least 2.5 years who were living in the same placement for at least 2 years, or are placed for adoption and their adoptive placement together with their previous placement together last for at least 2 years1,2,3,4,5,6
• National Indicator 66 - The percentage of children looked after cases which should have been reviewed during the year ending 31 March that were reviewed on time during the year1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8
• National Indicator 147 - The percentage of former care leavers aged 19 who were looked after on 1 April in their 17th year, who were in suitable accommodation1,2,3,4,5,6,7
• National Indicator 148 - The percentage of former care leavers aged 19 who were looked after on 1 April in their 17th year, who were in education, employment or training1,2,3,4,5,6

Children looked after by local authorities, rates per 10,000 children aged under 18 years

	1997	2006	Difference
Blackburn with Darwen LA	71	79	8
Blackpool LA	70	96	26
Bolton LA	47	62	15
Bury LA	41	70	29
Cheshire LA	26	34	8
Cumbria LA	42	47	5
Halton LA	28	58	30
Knowsley LA	63	76	13
Lancashire LA	53	50	-3
Liverpool LA	95	89	-6
Manchester LA	108	154	46
Oldham LA	38	66	28
Rochdale LA	37	61	24
Salford LA	75	120	45
Sefton LA	38	54	16
St Helens LA	57	74	17
Stockport LA	45	50	5
Tameside LA	47	65	18
Trafford LA	27	45	18
Warrington LA	31	46	15
Wigan LA	41	61	20
Wirral LA	35	97	62
North West Region	52	67	15
England	46	55	9

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Percentage of children who ceased to be looked after during the years ending 31 March aged 16 or over, attaining 1 or more GCSE/GNVQ

	2000	2006	% points difference
Blackburn with Darwen LA	31	70	39
Blackpool LA	17	50	33
Bolton LA	37	37	0
Bury LA	52	64	12
Cheshire LA	36	61	25
Cumbria LA	18	56	38
Halton LA	..	47	..
Knowsley LA	50	38	-12
Lancashire LA	31	51	20
Liverpool LA	21	49	28
Manchester LA	18	39	21
Oldham LA	..	39	..
Rochdale LA	34	43	9
Salford LA	39	67	28
Sefton LA	33	52	19
St Helens LA	33	55	22
Stockport LA	44	47	3
Tameside LA	53	48	-5
Trafford LA	40	59	19
Warrington LA	33	57	24
Wigan LA	54	55	1
Wirral LA	46	53	7
North West Region	31	51	20
England	31	43	12

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Percentage of care leavers in education, training or employment

	2002	2006	% points difference
Blackburn with Darwen LA	45	..	..
Blackpool LA	..	75	N/A
Bolton LA	63	47	-16
Bury LA	..	77	N/A
Cheshire LA	45	59	14
Cumbria LA	47	64	17
Halton LA	58	56	-2
Knowsley LA	67	74	7
Lancashire LA	26	53	27
Liverpool LA	53	67	14
Manchester LA	39	60	21
Oldham LA	33	50	17
Rochdale LA	45	77	32
Salford LA	28	79	51
Sefton LA	..	71	N/A
St Helens LA	55	76	21
Stockport LA	39	54	15
Tameside LA	63	44	-19
Trafford LA	..	..	..
Warrington LA	..	91	N/A
Wigan LA	44	70	26
Wirral LA	45	59	14
North West Region	41	62	21
England	46	63	17

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Children and Young People on Child Protection Registers, rates per 10,000 children aged under 18 years

	1997	2007	Difference
Blackburn with Darwen LA	.	16	.
Blackpool LA	.	36	.
Bolton LA	23	24	1
Bury LA	18	23	5
Cheshire LA	.	10	.
Cumbria LA	30	16	-14
Halton LA	.	29	.
Knowsley LA	43	42	-1
Lancashire LA	.	22	.
Liverpool LA	59	36	-23
Manchester LA	45	32	-13
Oldham LA	32	24	-8
Rochdale LA	10	21	11
Salford LA	35	16	-19
Sefton LA	31	33	2
St Helens LA	22	27	5
Stockport LA	26	21	-5
Tameside LA	23	17	-6
Trafford LA	15	33	18
Warrington LA	.	22	.
Wigan LA	24	14	-10
Wirral LA	22	35	13
North West Region	..	24	..
England	..	25	..

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National Indicator 61 - The percentage of children looked after adopted during the year who were placed for adoption within 12 months of a local authority deciding that the child should be placed for adoption (and were subsequently adopted in that placement)1,2,3,4,5

	2003	2007	Difference
Blackburn with Darwen LA	91	75	-16
Blackpool LA	74	82	7
Bolton LA	86	70	-16
Bury LA	95	82	-13
Cheshire LA	70	64	-6
Cumbria LA	77	85	7
Halton LA	-	92	N/A
Knowsley LA	67	62	-5
Lancashire LA	82	76	-6
Liverpool LA	86	57	-29
Manchester LA	89	81	-8
Oldham LA	62	76	14
Rochdale LA	82	64	-17
Salford LA	85	81	-4
Sefton LA	100	86	-14
St Helens LA	86	-	N/A
Stockport LA	83	78	-6
Tameside LA	77	83	6
Trafford LA	91	-	N/A
Warrington LA	-	-	N/A
Wigan LA	100	67	-33
Wirral LA	68	76	8
North West Region	83	76	-6
England	80	75	-5

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National Indicator 62 - The percentage of children looked after at 31 March with three or more placements during the year ending 31 March1,2,3,4,5,6,7

	2003	2007	Difference
Blackburn with Darwen LA	10	12	1
Blackpool LA	16	8	-7
Bolton LA	14	10	-4
Bury LA	6	8	2
Cheshire LA	16	12	-3
Cumbria LA	18	9	-9
Halton LA	18	9	-9
Knowsley LA	30	12	-18
Lancashire LA	14	12	-2
Liverpool LA	12	15	3
Manchester LA	18	12	-6
Oldham LA	16	13	-2
Rochdale LA	7	11	5
Salford LA	14	8	-6
Sefton LA	14	14	0
St Helens LA	10	9	-1
Stockport LA	11	14	3
Tameside LA	14	12	-2
Trafford LA	24	12	-12
Warrington LA	10	10	1
Wigan LA	9	12	3
Wirral LA	8	10	2
North West Region	14	12	-3
England	15	12	-2

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National Indicator 63 - The percentage of children looked after aged under 16 at 31 March who had been looked after continuously for at least 2.5 years who were living in the same placement for at least 2 years, or are placed for adoption and their adoptive placement together with their previous placement together last for at least 2 years1,2,3,4,5,6

	2003	2007	Difference
Blackburn with Darwen LA	60	58	-2
Blackpool LA	63	61	-2
Bolton LA	73	67	-6
Bury LA	72	72	-0
Cheshire LA	64	71	8
Cumbria LA	62	72	10
Halton LA	64	78	14
Knowsley LA	46	62	16
Lancashire LA	60	68	8
Liverpool LA	72	67	-4
Manchester LA	58	63	5
Oldham LA	56	68	12
Rochdale LA	73	71	-2
Salford LA	70	64	-6
Sefton LA	62	53	-9
St Helens LA	65	72	7
Stockport LA	79	68	-11
Tameside LA	67	66	-1
Trafford LA	50	63	13
Warrington LA	59	62	3
Wigan LA	53	62	9
Wirral LA	58	63	5
North West Region	64	66	2
England	63	65	2

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National Indicator 66 - The percentage of children looked after cases which should have been reviewed during the year ending 31 March that were reviewed on time during the year1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8

	2003	2007	Difference
Blackburn with Darwen LA		96	N/A
Blackpool LA		97	N/A
Bolton LA		90	N/A
Bury LA		84	N/A
Cheshire LA		92	N/A
Cumbria LA		84	N/A
Halton LA		100	N/A
Knowsley LA		95	N/A
Lancashire LA		80	N/A
Liverpool LA		96	N/A
Manchester LA		64	N/A
Oldham LA		86	N/A
Rochdale LA		96	N/A
Salford LA		89	N/A
Sefton LA		100	N/A
St Helens LA		98	N/A
Stockport LA		99	N/A
Tameside LA		93	N/A
Trafford LA		90	N/A
Warrington LA		99	N/A
Wigan LA		90	N/A
Wirral LA		90	N/A
North West Region		87	N/A
England		85	N/A

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National Indicator 147 - The percentage of former care leavers aged 19 who were looked after on 1 April in their 17th year, who were in suitable accommodation1,2,3,4,5,6,7

	2003	2007	Difference
Blackburn with Darwen LA	86	89	2
Blackpool LA	79	100	21
Bolton LA	70	90	20
Bury LA	85	95	11
Cheshire LA	84	95	11
Cumbria LA	74	75	1
Halton LA	80	0	-80
Knowsley LA	86	100	14
Lancashire LA	62	85	24
Liverpool LA	91	87	-4
Manchester LA	73	86	13
Oldham LA	86	87	0
Rochdale LA	73	100	27
Salford LA	82	98	16
Sefton LA	59	82	23
St Helens LA	90	93	3
Stockport LA	96	87	-9
Tameside LA	100	85	-15
Trafford LA	-	80	N/A
Warrington LA	82	-	N/A
Wigan LA	44	97	53
Wirral LA	83	80	-3
North West Region	77	86	9
England	74	87	13

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National Indicator 148 - The percentage of former care leavers aged 19 who were looked after on 1 April in their 17th year, who were in education, employment or training1,2,3,4,5,6

	2003	2007	Difference
Blackburn with Darwen LA	50	56	6
Blackpool LA	63	73	10
Bolton LA	60	30	-30
Bury LA	62	81	20
Cheshire LA	50	58	8
Cumbria LA	51	39	-13
Halton LA	53	0	-53
Knowsley LA	57	87	30
Lancashire LA	41	50	9
Liverpool LA	62	65	2
Manchester LA	39	62	24
Oldham LA	46	53	8
Rochdale LA	40	71	31
Salford LA	42	65	23
Sefton LA	50	64	14
St Helens LA	58	79	21
Stockport LA	50	47	-3
Tameside LA	58	60	2
Trafford LA	-	53	N/A
Warrington LA	64	-	N/A
Wigan LA	-	72	N/A
Wirral LA	42	56	14
North West Region	48	58	10
England	49	63	14

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National Summary

Children looked after by local authorities - in 2006 the rate per 10,000 children aged under 18 years was 55 up from 46 per 10,000 in 1997.

The percentage of children who ceased to be looked after during the year ending 31 March 2006 aged 16 or over, attaining 1 or more GCSE/GNVQ was 43 per cent up from 31 per cent in 2000.

The percentage of care leavers in education, training or employment in 2006 was 63 per cent up from 46 per cent in 2002.

Children and Young People on Child Protection Registers - in 2007 the rate per 10,000 children aged under 18 years was 25.

The percentage of children looked after adopted during the year who were placed for adoption within 12 months of a local authority deciding that the child should be placed for adoption (and were subsequently adopted in that placement), has fallen from 80.4% in 2003 to 75.0% in 2007.

The percentage of children looked after at 31 March with three or more placements during the year ending 31 March, has fallen from 14.8% in 2003 to 12.3% in 2007.

The percentage of children looked after aged under 16 at 31 March who had been looked after continuously for at least 2.5 years who were living in the same placement for at least 2 years, or are placed for adoption and their adoptive placement together with their previous placement together last for at least 2 years, has risen from 62.7% in 2003 to 65.5% in 2007.

The percentage of children looked after cases which should have been reviewed during the year ending 31 March that were reviewed on time during the year, has risen from 78.9% in 2006 to 85.3% in 2007.

The percentage of former care leavers aged 19 who were looked after on 1 April in their 17th year, who were in suitable accommodation, has risen from 74.5% in 2003 to 87.3% in 2007.

The percentage of former care leavers aged 19 who were looked after on 1 April in their 17th year, who were in education, employment or training, has risen from 48.6% in 2003 to 63.0% in 2007.

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