Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many looked-after children there were at (a) 31 March 2019, (b) 31 March 2018, (c) 31 March 2017 and (d) 31 March 2016 in England; and how many and what proportion of those children were (a) two or more siblings that were looked after, (b) two or more siblings that were placed together and (c) one or more children that were not placed with a brother or sister.
Information on children looked after as at 31 March 2019 by placement is published in Table A2 of the annual statistical release ‘Children looked after in England including adoption: 2018 to 2019’, which is available at the following link:
The information requested on family context is not held centrally.
Data relating to the year ended 31 March 2020 will be released in Autumn 2020, in line with our publication schedule.