Social protection
More than 81,000 children in the UK being looked after by local authorities in 2007
Children looked after by local authorities: by type of accommodation, UK
In 2006/07 local authorities in England spent £20.1 billion on personal social services, more than double the £9.3 billion spent in 1996/97. More than two-fifths (43 per cent) was directed at older people. (Figure 8.3) Latest information on personal social services
The proportion of people in England receiving high intensity home care increased from 12 per cent in 1993 to 52 per cent in 2007. (Figure 8.6)
Discharges following an emergency admission to a UK hospital, where the stay was less than a day, increased by 161 per cent between 1996/97 and 2006/07. (Page 118)
In 2006, 40 per cent of children with working mothers in Great Britain relied on informal child care: the most common source being the childs grandparents. (Page 122)
The number of boys counselled by Childline in the UK doubled from 24,115 in 1997/98 to 58,311 in 2007/08, increasing from 21 per cent of all contacts to 33 per cent. (Figure 8.21)
More than 81,000 children were being looked after by local authorities in the UK in 2007, an increase of 18 per cent since 1997. (Table 8.22)
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