Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many looked-after children there were in England for each of the last five years.

This information is published in the statistical first release Children looked after in England including adoption: 2015 to 2016, which is available at www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2015-to-2016.

The number of looked after children and all children who were convicted or have been subject to a final warning or reprimanded in each year by age since 2014 can be found in Table I1.

The number of looked after children who were identified as having a substance misuse problem in each year by age since 2014 can be found in Table I2. Equivalent figures are not available for all children.

The number of children who were looked after at 31 March of each of the last five years can be found in Table A1.