1. Review of Child Care Proceedings Implications for Wales

2. Vision – Vulnerable Children in Wales > Right to Action > Fulfilled Lives, Supportive Communities > Towards A Stable Life , Brighter Future > LCO – Vulnerable Children & Child Poverty > Next Stage Development – consult on Strategy for Vulnerable Children - summer > > New Public Law Outline /Pre- proceedings

3. Table of comparison increased by 10,000 England and Wales – text
Table show the more the deprived area has higher rates of LAC.
Local studies also showed correlation with increases in lone parent families’ evidence suggests that as the number of children in these groups change, as does the demand for services.

4. Table showing % with care order England & Wales – eg comparison 72% against 65% in England in 2006
–text for Managing risk – high level of risk not matched by higher levels of practice / skills. The is illustrated in table show the ratio of children on care order and accommodated (numbers accommodated remain at the 2002 level – 1,137)
Large shift towards more application for care orders illustrates risk aversion culture
And limited early intervention with families

5. Tables of numbers of children on care orders living with parents / families

6. Percentage of looked after children by legal status at 31st March 2006
sorted in geographical orders
% care order at home
% care order other
% other legal status
all legal status
% care order total
Isle of Anglesey 15 54 31
100 69
Gwynedd 12 51 36 64
Conwy 16 65 20 80
Denbighshire 33 67
Flintshire 23 52 26 74
Wrexham 11 57
Powys 37 63
Ceredigion 10 48 42 58
Pembrokeshire 9 43
Carmarthenshire 50 35
Swansea 47 45 55
Neath Port Talbot 8 41 59
Bridgend 18 62
The Vale of Glamorgan 75 84
Rhondda,Cynon,Taff 13 87
Merthyr Tydfil 83 92
Caerphilly 14 70
Blaenau Gwent 77 88
Torfaen 53 34 66
Monmouthshire 49 39 61
Newport 30
Cardiff
Grand Total 60 28 72

7. Average length care proceeding 339 days above the 280 protocl limit (280)

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