You are here: Changing Lives: Authority level statistics

Local Authority level statistics

These statistics provide information across the three main social work services areas. Information for all 32 Scottish Local Authorities is provided. In addition, there is the option to compare a Local Authority with up to five other comparable authorities and against Scotland as a whole.

Child Protection

There are five areas to look at under this section. Click on the links below to look at the respective areas.

 North Lanarkshire

Referrals

Authority Comparator Authorities




Click here to compare against one authority.
Click here to reset the page to the standard comparators.
#
  2004   2005   2006   2007   2008
  Number Rate % Change Number Rate Quartile % Change Number Rate Quartile % Change Number Rate Quartile % Change Number Rate Quartile
North Lanarkshire 381 5.9 0.3 382 5.9 4 18.3 452 7.1 4 -8.0 416 6.5 4 23.3 513 8.1 4
     
Comparator Authorities:    
Clackmannanshire  159 16.7 -10.7 142 15.0 1 -11.3 126 13.3 2 4.0 131 13.9 2 -26.0 97 10.2 3
East Ayrshire  119 5.2 92.4 229 10.0 2 24.5 285 12.7 2 -7.7 263 12.0 3 13.7 299 13.8 2
Falkirk  245 8.7 22.0 299 10.6 2 24.1 371 13.1 2 31.0 486 17.2 1 -0.4 484 17.2 1
West Lothian  412 12.0 11.4 459 13.3 1 -0.4 457 13.3 2 6.6 487 14.1 2 20.7 588 17.0 1
North Ayrshire  143 5.4 46.9 210 8.0 3 35.7 285 11.1 3 35.8 387 15.3 2 -10.6 346 13.9 2
Comparator Authorities 1,078 8.9 24.2 1,339 11.1   13.8 1,524 12.7   15.1 1,754 14.7   3.4 1,814 15.2  
     
Scotland 8,366 8.9 9.2 9,133 9.8   15.7 10,567 11.4   13.2 11,960 13.0   3.5 12,382 13.5  

Some revisions to 2005/06 data.

Figures prior to 2005/06 figures may not be directly comparable due to a definitional change in counting child protection referrals made in 2005/06.

Source: Scottish Government, Children, Young People and Social Care Statistics
Population figures source: http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk


Click here to download a Microsoft™ Excel spreadsheet of this data.