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Chidren's Social Work Statistics 2002-03

Published: 31 October 2003

Statistics on child protection, children looked after, children in residential accommodation, social work staff and finance in Scotland

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CHILDREN'S SOCIAL WORK STATISTICS 2002-03

TABLE 24 CHILDREN REGISTERED FOLLOWING A CASE CONFERENCE ^1,2 : CATEGORY OF ABUSE/RISK IDENTIFIED BY CONFERENCE

Category of abuse/risk	Year Ended 31 March……
	2001		2002			2003
	Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage	% diff from 01	Number	Percentage	% diff from 02
Physical injury	688	39	644	33	-6	757	31	18
Sexual abuse	256	14	249	13	-3	301	12	21
Emotional abuse	270	15	264	13	-2	408	17	55
Physical neglect	558	31	809	41	45	946	39	17
Other	11	1	13	1	15	33	1	157
Total	1,783	*100*	1,979	*100*	11	2,446	*100*	24

Note: (1) Some totals do not exactly equal the sum of their component parts due to the effects of rounding.
Note: (2) Children referred for child protection inquiries in Scotland in the years ended 31 March 2001, 2002 & 2003 who were subject to a case conference and were registered as a result of that conference.

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