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Children looked after by foster carers or prospective adopters in Scotland 2000-2015

Number of children looked after by foster carers or prospective adopters in Scotland from 2000 to 2015

The data shows the number of children looked after by foster carers or prospective adopters in Scotland from 2000 to 2015. Throughout this time period there has been an annual increase in the number of children being looked after by foster carers or prospective adopters. There has been an overall increase of over 2.5 thousand children in such care.

2000 3181
2001 3280
2002 3328
2003 3468
2004 3608
2005 3660
2006 3915
2007 4275
2008 4480
2009 4741
2010 4996
2011 5335
2012 5541
2013 5576
2014 5723
2015 5742