Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 8 November 2022 to Question 65894 on Children in Care: Death, how many children in care aged 16 and 17 died while they were living in (a) semi-independent or (b) independent accommodation between April 2021 and March 2022.

Every death of a vulnerable child or young person is a tragedy, and the following information is sensitive in nature. There were between 1 and 5 looked-after children who died while living in semi-independent or independent accommodation between April 2021 and March 2022. The department is not able to provide an exact figure to protect confidentiality.