Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 127129
Children in Care
Tabled: 14 April 2026
Answered: 22 April 2026
Question
Melanie Onn
Labour — Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many looked after children were cared for in a family and friends foster placement as of 31 March 2020, in each local authority; and in each year prior as far back as comparable statistical information is a
Answer
Josh MacAlisterInformation on the number of children looked after who were cared for in a family and friends foster placement by local authority between 2004 and 2020 and for 2025 is in the attached table.