Figures published by the Scottish Children's Reporter Administration (SCRA) show there were 13,219 children on supervision requirements in 2007/08, up from 12,644 in 2006/07. Supervision requirements range from being supervised at home by a social worker to being held in secure accommodation.
SCRA also revealed that the number of referrals to the children's reporter, who decides if a child needs to be referred to a children's hearing, has fallen to its lowest level in seven years.
Netta Maciver, SCRA's chief executive, said the fall was because partner agencies have only been referring children who really need "compulsory measures of intervention."
The number of children referred due to a "lack of parental care" fell by 20 per cent and this is also because of successful partner agency working, claims Maciver.
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