Children in Care
(asked on 25th October 2019) - View Source
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many of the looked-after children who were cared for in a friends and family foster placement were placed there under a section 20 of the Children Act 1989 voluntary agreement in (a) 31 March 2018, (b) 31 March 2017 and (c) March 2016.
The number of looked-after children in foster placements with a relative or friend who were placed there under a section 20 of the Children Act 1989 voluntary agreement in (a) 31 March 2018, (b) 31 March 2017 and (c) March 2016 is shown in the following table:
Children looked after in foster placements with relative or friend at 31 March1 | |||
(Years ending 31 March 2016 to 2018) | |||
2016 | 2017 | 2018 | |
2,110 | 1,830 | 1,560 | |
1. Under a section 20 of the Children Act 1989 voluntary agreement. | |||