Information on the initiation of care proceedings is not collected centrally. The information provided in the table relates to the number of children looked after who became subject to a care order and were aged under one year old at the time the care order became effective.
Number Year ending 31 March 2004 2005 2006 Number of children aged under one year 3,000 3,100 3,100 1 Figures include children who started to be looked after during the year as a result of a care order being granted and children who started to be looked after under any other legal status, including Section 20 of the Children Act, and subsequently became subject to a care order during the year. 2 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. 3 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. Source: SSDA903