Children in Care

(asked on 8th June 2016) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children (a) in total and (b) per 10,000 children are in care in each local authority in England.


Answered by
Edward Timpson Portrait
Edward Timpson
This question was answered on 13th June 2016

Information on the number of looked after children, and rates per 10,000 children, in each local authority in England is available in Local Authority table LAA1 of the statistical first release ‘Children looked after in England including adoption, 2014 to 2015’ available on GOV.UK at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2014-to-2015.

Information on capacity of children’s homes in each local authority is published by Ofsted. This information is available in the statistical release ‘Children’s social care data in England 2015’ available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/childrens-social-care-in-england-2015 (available at link ‘charts, tables and underlying data’, and tab ‘providers + places at 31 03 15’).

Information on how many residential children’s homes have closed and opened in each of the last five years is a matter for Ofsted. I have asked Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Sir Michael Wilshaw, to write to the Honourable Member Tim Loughton with the information requested. A copy of his reply will be placed in the House library.

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