Children’s institutions, 2011

There were 1 323 children institutionalised as per 31 December 2011, compared with 1 425 in 2010.

The institutions’ operating expenditure amounted to NOK 3.8 billion in 2011; 1.0 per cent less than in 2010. Operating expenditure per bed-day was NOK 7 600. Stays in state institutions are about NOK 300 more expensive than this on average.

Acute stays accounted for 14 per cent of total stays, which is an increase from 11 per cent in 2010. Seven out of ten acute stays took place in public institutions. Of all stays, care stays (which also include lone juvenile asylum seekers) were the most common (34 per cent).

Bed-days for lone juvenile asylum seekers made up 10 per cent of the total, compared to 13 per cent the previous year. The state institutions’ share of this, however, increased from 72 to 95 per cent.

At the end of 2011, 86 per cent of all resident children were aged 13 years or more, and there were more boys institutionalised than girls (57 per cent boys).

The number of man-years in the institutions is 4 878 in 2011; the same as in 2010. Women accounted for 59 per cent of the man-years.

Tables:

• Table 1 Number of beds in children's institutions, by ownership. 2011
• Table 2 Children's institutions. Operating expenditure etc., by ownership. 2011. NOK million
• Table 3 Children's institutions. Operating expenditure per bed-day, by ownership. 2011
• Table 4 Contractual man-years adjusted for long-term leaves in children's institutions, by education and ownership. 2011
• Table 5 Contractual man-years adjusted for long-term leaves in children's institutions, by age, sex and ownership. 2011
• Table 6 Children's institutions. Number of children and number of bed-days in institution, by ownership. 2011
• Table 7 Children in children's institutions per December 31. Figures for type of stay, age, sex and ownership. 2011