Children in Care: Location

(asked on 16th June 2022) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many looked-after children local authorities reported as being placed outside of their local authority area between January 2020 to December 2020.


Answered by
Will Quince Portrait
Will Quince
This question was answered on 24th June 2022

The children looked after return (SSDA903 return) collects information about children who are looked after by local authorities from 1 April to 31 March each year. The latest figures show there were 32,890 new placements outside the local authority boundary for children looked after during the year ending 31 March 2021. If a child had more than one placement in the year, then all placements are counted.

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