Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the number of looked after children who live in unregulated accommodation in England.
Information on children looked after in England, including the number of children in unregulated accommodation (independent living or placements in semi-independent accommodation) is published in the annual ‘Children looked after including adoptions’ national statistic: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoptions.