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National child welfare - StatRes

The purpose of StatRes is to show the level of resources that the state uses, what this input provides in terms of activities and services in the various government activities, and what outcomes can be seen from the input. The aim is to provide the general public and the authorities with more knowledge of state-run activities.

The delimitation of National child welfare – StatRes include Bufetat (Children, Youth and Family Affairs) and Oslo municipality. In the years 2004-2008 Trondheim municipality also had national child welfare responsibility. Among the responsibility for National child welfare are children’s institutions and foster homes under state direction.

Under each indicator you can specify additionally by regions. To find information of indicators divided by measure, enter the StatBank with the link at the right of this website.

Input

Statistics on input for the National child welfare service, divided by region.

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Own production (NOK mill.) 2 713,2 2 846,3 3 149,7 3 391,6 3 552,1
Wage costs in per cent of own production 75,4 77,8 78,0 78,7 79,9
Purchase of goods and services in per cent of own production 24,6 22,2 22,0 21,3 20,1
Investments (NOK mill.) 24,1 35,0 32,2 31,3 26,4
Transfers (NOK mill.) 1 423,8 1 703,8 1 794,6 1 959,1 1 982,8
Total expenditure (NOK mill.) 4 161 4 585 4 976 5 382 5 561
Contracted man-year adjusted for long terms leaves ... ... 4 153,5 4 333,0 4 375,0
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The delimitation of National child welfare - StatRes includes Oslo municipality, and the delimitation is therefore different to StatRes elsewhere which is defined to include Central government only.

To show the relation to other StatRes statistics the following input only include Bufetat, keeping Oslo municipality outside.

2008 2009 2010
Own production (NOK mill.) 2 829,1 3 086,6 3 241,5
Contracted man-year adjusted for long terms leaves 3 762 3 990 4 038

Activities and services

Statistics on number of children, stays and bed-days for the National child welfare service.

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Children who receive assistance from the Child Welfare Service per 31.12 4 884 5 043 5 100 5 298 5 676
Children in national supported foster homes per 31.12 2 209 2 326 2 524 2 881 3 332
Children in children's institutions per 31.12 1 535 1 451 1 425 1 364 1 285
Number of children who receive assistance while living at home per 31.12 1 140 1 266 1 151 1 053 1 059
Children who receive assistance from the Child Welfare Service (per 1 000 innhabitant 0-19 years) 4,0 4,1 4,1 4,3 4,6
Children in national supported foster homes (per 1000 innhabitant 0-19 years) 1,8 1,9 2,0 2,3 2,7
Children in children`s institutions (per 1000 innhabitants 0-19 years) 1,3 1,2 1,2 1,1 1,0
Children who receive assistance while living at home (per 1000 innhabitants 0-19 years) 0,9 1,0 0,9 0,8 0,9
Stays in the Child Welfare Service during the year 10 922 11 466 12 340 12 282 12 409
Stays in national supported foster homes during the year (stays) 3 581 3 815 4 350 4 788 5 185
Stays in children`s institutions during the year (stays) 4 524 4 563 4 822 4 423 4 144
Stays in assistance at home during the year 2 817 3 088 3 168 3 071 3 080
Treatment days in Child Welfare Service during the year (days) 1 046 196 1 076 855 1 109 280 1 129 373 1 127 768
Number of treatment days in national supported foster homes during the year 363 099 400 337 431 734 462 154 450 659
Treatment days in children`s institutions during the year 554 806 537 809 530 528 508 646 484 927
Stays in assistance at home during the year 128 291 138 709 147 018 158 573 192 182
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Unit costs

Statistics on expenditures per bed-day for the National child welfare service.

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Expenditures per bed-day in Child Welfare Service 3 850 4 112 4 146 4 596 4 720
Expenditures per bed-day in foster homes 2 015 2 160 2 416 2 514 2 694
Expenditures per bed-day in children`s institutions 4 939 5 551 5 916 6 564 6 957
Expenditures per bed-day when procured from privatly owned children's institutions .. 4 768 5 144 5 642 5 913
Expenditures per bed-day in publicly owned children`s institutions .. 6 440 6 774 7 627 8 118
Expenditures per bed-day when children receives assistance at home 1 311 1 376 1 470 1 457 1 329
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