Table 1: Number of children looked after in kinship care and foster care placement, on 31 July Placement type 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Kinship Carers: friends/relatives 4,183 4,217 4,158 4,279 4,138 4,073 4,175 4,456 4,410 4,249 Foster Carers provided by LA 3,906 4,002 3,889 3,826 3,509 3,453 3,335 3,315 3,151 2,871 Foster Carers purchased by LA 1,427 1,520 1,587 1,566 1,743 1,491 1,463 1,429 1,295 1,284 Total Foster Care 5,333 5,522 5,476 5,392 5,252 4,944 4,798 4,744 4,446 4,155 Total (Foster +Kinship) 9,516 9,739 9,634 9,671 9,390 9,017 8,973 9,200 8,856 8,404 Source: Children's Social Work Statistics Scotland: 2021 to 2022 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot) This information is publicly available in published tables released alongside the Children’s Social Work Statistics Scotland 2021-22 publication. S6W...