Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many looked-after children were placed 20 miles or more outside the boundary of their local authority in (a) Redcar and Cleveland, (b) the North East and (c) England in each of the last five years.
At 31 March in each of the last five years for which figures are available, the number of looked-after children placed outside their local council boundary and more than 20 miles from their home is given in the table below:
Children looked after who were placed outside the boundary of their responsible local council and over 20 miles from home at 31 March1,2,3 | |||||
Years ending 31 March 2012 to 2016 | |||||
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Redcar and Cleveland | 25 | 25 | 30 | 25 | 25 |
North East | 350 | 360 | 380 | 390 | 410 |
England | 8,160 | 8,430 | 9,500 | 9,890 | 10,000 |
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Source: SSDA903 | |||||
1. England and regional figures have been rounded to the nearest 10. Local council figures have been rounded to the nearest 5. | |||||
2. Figures exclude children looked after under an agreed series of short term placements. | |||||
3. Figures exclude children whose local council of placement is not known. |