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TABLE C4
Personal Social Services
Children: Aged 16 and over who ceased to be looked after by a local authority
England
Numbers
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
All children
8,700
8,300
7,700
7,100
6,800
Age on ceasing
16
3,600
3,400
3,500
3,300
2,800
17
1,500
1,500
1,400
1,400
1,200
18th birthday
3,500
3,300
2,800
2,300
2,700
Older than 18th birthday
90
100
130
70
180
Final placement
Foster placement
3,600
3,700
3,600
3,300
3,100
Childrens homes
1,800
1,700
1,700
1,300
1,300
Living independently
1,700
1,600
1,300
1,200
1,200
Placed with own parents
470
440
480
420
400
Other placement
980
860
770
820
850
Figures may not add up due to rounding
Contact:Brian Allen 020 7972 801 (email: brian.allen@doh.gsi.gov.uk)
See General Notes Section
in 1999/2000, 45% of young people leaving care aged 16 or over had been living in foster placements, and a further 19% in childrens homes and hostels.
Half of care leavers aged 16 or over had been looked after continuously for more than two years, although a quarter had been looked after more less than six months.
The number of care leavers aged 16 or over has been falling since 1994/95.
TABLE C4
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