Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what figures his Department holds on the number of care orders issued by local authorities in England in each of the last 10 years.

Local Authorities do not issue care orders in England. They apply to the court for care orders to be made. In England and Wales, care orders are made by the Family Court or the Family Division of the High Court.

The latest information was released as part of the Family Court Statistics Quarterly release, on 30th September 2021 and will include this data for England and Wales combined up to 30 June 2021, https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/family-court-statistics-quarterly