FOI Request - Children Taken Into Care at Birth

Request 101002058239

In each of the last five years, how many children have been taken into care at birth by social services?

Response 27-02-2019

The information below gives the numbers of children who were in LA care as at 31 July and who were aged under 1 year.   We are unable to give details for children who were taken into care at birth because the numbers are so low that there would be a risk of identifying these children. This information is therefore exempt under section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002, personal information.

2013-14: 9

2014-15: 5

2015-16: 10 

2016-17: 7

2017-18: 5