(2) how many emergency protection orders were applied for by each local authority in each of the last three years; how many were applied for ex-parte; of the ex-parte orders granted how many of each were granted; and how many were for children (a) under and (b) over the age of one year.
Information on the number of emergency protection order (EPO) applications made by local authorities is not collected by the Department for Education and Skills (DfES). Information on the number of children starting to be looked after for each social services local authority, as a result of an EPO made by the family courts, during the years ending 31 March 2003, 31 March 2004 and 31 March 2005 are presented in the following table. The DfES does not collect information about the numbers of ex-parte EPO applications.
Number 2003 2004 2005 England 1,300 1,300 1,400 North East 70 50 60 Shire counties Durham 20 10 10 Northumberland 0 0 10 Unitary authorities 0 0 0 Darlington 10 0 — Hartlepool 5 0 — Middlesbrough 0 10 — Redcar and Cleveland 10 — 5 Stockton on Tees 10 15 — Metropolitan districts 0 0 0 Gateshead 5 — 10 Newcastle upon Tyne 0 — — North Tyneside — — — South Tyneside 5 — — Sunderland 0 — 0 North West 160 170 190 Shire counties Cheshire 10 — — Cumbria 0 15 10 Lancashire 20 10 15 Unitary authorities 0 0 0 Blackburn and Darwen 10 — 10 Blackpool 5 — 5 Halton 0 — — Warrington 10 5 — Metropolitan districts 0 0 0 Bolton 10 10 5 Bury 0 0 5 Knowsley 0 — 0 Liverpool 0 10 10 Manchester 35 15 45 Oldham 5 15 10 Rochdale — 15 10 Salford 10 10 — Sefton 15 — — St. Helens 0 — — Stockport 0 10 — Tameside 10 10 10 Trafford 10 — 10 Wigan — 10 5 Wirral 15 — 10 Yorkshire and the Humber 200 180 180 Shire counties North Yorkshire 5 15 5 Unitary authorities 0 0 0 East Riding Yorkshire 10 — 5 Kingston upon Hull — 10 10 North East Lincolnshire 15 15 10 North Lincolnshire 5 — 10 York 0 — — Metropolitan districts Barnsley 10 10 10 Bradford 25 25 25 Calderdale — 10 — Doncaster — 10 15 Kirklees — 10 10 Leeds 65 45 55 Rotherham 15 5 — Sheffield 25 10 5 Wakefield 10 15 — East Midlands 130 110 90 Shire counties Derbyshire 25 15 15 Leicestershire 20 15 0 Lincolnshire 10 5 5 Northamptonshire 20 30 35 Nottinghamshire 20 10 10 Unitary authorities 0 0 0 Derby 10 10 10 Leicester 5 10 5 Nottingham 20 10 — Rutland 0 0 0 West Midlands 220 160 220 Shire counties Shropshire 5 — 10 Staffordshire 10 15 25 Warwickshire — 5 10 Worcestershire 25 10 15 Unitary authorities 0 0 0 Herefordshire 5 10 — Stoke-On-Trent 30 15 15 Telford and Wrekin 15 10 — Metropolitan districts 0 0 0 Birmingham 45 20 55 Coventry 15 — 15 Dudley 20 15 25 Sandwell 15 20 15 Solihull 0 — — Walsall 25 20 20 Wolverhampton — 5 — East of England 80 100 120 Shire counties Bedfordshire 20 20 5 Cambridgeshire — 10 15 Essex 5 15 30 Hertfordshire 10 10 5 Norfolk — — 10 Suffolk 15 10 10 Unitary authorities 0 0 0 Luton 25 20 15 Peterborough 0 — 10 Southend 0 — 20 Thurrock — 5 — London 250 280 250 Inner London Camden 5 — 5 City of London 0 0 0 Greenwich — 10 — Hackney 10 5 10 Hammersmith and Fulham 5 5 — Islington — 15 — Kensington and Chelsea 0 10 — Lambeth 0 15 15 Lewisham — 15 10 Southwark 10 25 10 Tower Hamlets 5 5 15 Wandsworth 20 5 10 Westminster 20 15 — Outer London 0 0 0 Barking and Dagenham 30 15 10 Barnet 20 5 — Bexley — — — Brent 10 10 — Bromley 5 — — Croydon — 10 10 Ealing 0 — — Enfield 15 10 20 Haringey 20 20 20 Harrow — 10 5 Havering — — 0 Hillingdon 0 10 0 Hounslow 5 15 15 Kingston upon Thames 0 — — Merton 5 — 15 Newham 15 10 20 Redbridge 10 — 0 Richmond upon Thames 10 — — Sutton — — 10 Waltham Forest 10 — — South East 150 140 190 Shire counties Buckinghamshire 0 5 5 East Sussex 10 — 10 Hampshire 20 10 25 Kent 15 20 40 Oxfordshire 10 — — Surrey 15 25 35 West Sussex 10 10 15 Unitary authorities 0 0 0 Bracknell Forest — — — Brighton and Hove 20 10 — Isle of Wight 0 — 0 Medway Towns 5 25 5 Milton Keynes 15 — 15 Portsmouth 15 10 5 Reading 0 — — Slough 0 0 — Southampton 10 10 10 West Berkshire 0 — 0 Windsor and Maidenhead — — — Wokingham 0 — 0 South West 90 110 100 Shire counties Cornwall 15 15 15 Devon 15 15 — Dorset 0 — — Gloucestershire 10 5 5 Isles of Scilly 0 0 0 Somerset — — — Wiltshire — 10 — Unitary authorities 0 0 0 Bath and North East Somerset 0 0 — Bournemouth 15 10 — Bristol — 15 25 North Somerset 0 10 — Plymouth — 5 15 Poole 5 — 0 South Gloucestershire 10 10 — Swindon — — — Torbay 0 0 5 1 Only the first occasion on which a child started to be looked after in the year has been counted. 2 Historical data may differ from older publications. This is mainly due to the implementation of amendments and corrections sent by some local authorities after the publication date of previous materials. 3 To maintain the confidentiality of each individual child, data at national level are rounded to the nearest 100 if they exceed 1,000, to the nearest 10 otherwise. At regional level, the data are rounded to the nearest 10 and at local authority level data are rounded to the nearest 5. Numbers from 1 to 5 inclusive are suppressed and replaced by a hyphen (—). Zero (0) is shown only when the number submitted was zero. As a consequence of our rounding and suppression figures may not sum to the total. Note: Figures are taken from the SSDA903 return which since 2003-04 covered all looked after children.