Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to table A2 of the statistical release Information on looked after children at both national and local authority levels for the financial year 2016-17, how many of the 8,830 looked-after children who were cared for in a friends and family foster placement on 31 March 2017 had also been in (a) an unrelated foster placement, (b) another family and friends care placement, (c) a children's home and (d) other provision for looked-after children; and whether this data could be provided at (i) national, (ii) regional and (iii) local authority area level.

The information is not readily available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.