Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what is the average weekly cost to the public purse is for a child in (a) residential care, (b) foster care and (c) other residential care settings.
The department publishes data about children and young people’s services, including weekly costs, which is available here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-authority-interactive-tool-lait.
The approximate average weekly cost in England in 2018-19 for a child in residential care was £3,945 and for foster care was £580.