Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 85854

Children in Care

Tabled: 28 October 2025
Answered: 5 November 2025

Question

Gareth Snell

Labour (Co-op)Stoke-on-Trent Central

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many looked after children there were in each year since 1994 by reason the episode of care ceased.

Answer

Josh MacAlister
Information on children looked after, including those ceasing care, for the latest five years is published in the annual statistical release: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-ad...

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