Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 100433

Children in Care

Tabled: 16 December 2025
Answered: 5 January 2026

Question

Dr Luke Evans

ConservativeHinckley and Bosworth

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of trends in the level of data on [a] met and [b] unmet need among [i] looked-after and [ii] previously looked after children.

Answer

Josh MacAlister
The department monitors outcomes for looked-after and previously looked-after children through national statistics on education, health, and care leaver activity. While these datasets do not directly record met and unmet needs, they inform targeted interv...

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