Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many looked after children and care leavers aged 16 to 18 years old were living in supported or semi-supported accommodation in each of the last 10 years, by local authority.

​​The number of looked-after children and the number of care leavers in supported or semi-supported accommodation including independent living (with or without formalised support) since 2009 for each local authority is shown in the attached table. Information on 17 to 18-year-old care leavers is provided for 2016 onwards. Information for earlier years is not held centrally. It is not possible to distinguish between independent and supported placements/accommodation and these have been combined in the table.
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