Post- Industrial regions

Looked after children in post-industrial regions, 1981 - 2009

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In 2007-09, the proportion of looked after children in Glasgow and Clyde Valley was almost twice as high as that recorded for Merseyside and Greater Manchester (14.5% compared to 7.2% and 7.4%, respectively). Comparing with the slightly larger Strathclyde region for the 1980s (due to data limitations) suggests that this divide has also persisted over time.  

Notes

Series breaks for Strathclyde/Glasgow and Clyde Valley reflect changes in administrative boundaries and data collection practices in the mid-1990s.

As an administrative measure, looked after children may also in part reflect variations in service provision or different definitions of need.

The data and charts are taken from Poverty, parenting and poor health: comparing early years’ experiences in Scotland, England and three city regions, published in 2013 by the Glasgow Centre for Population Health.