Department for Education written question – answered at on 25 October 2022.
Sarah Olney
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy), Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Treasury)
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children were in local authority care in each of the last five years.
Kelly Tolhurst
Minister of State (Education)
The number of children in local authority care is published annually. The latest information on the numbers of children in local authority care in each year between 1994 and 2021 is available here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/fast-track/119f2f49-9f37-43cd-91fe-b6c0b2ffc723.
Information for the 2022 reporting year will be published in November 2022.
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