Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 71126

Kinship Care: Foster Care

Tabled: 29 August 2025

Answered: 5 September 2025

Question

Munira Wilson

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many of the 13,660 children looked after in kinship foster care on 31 March 2024 were subject to (a) a full care order, (b) an interim care order and (c) a voluntary arrangement under Section 20 of the Chil

Answer

Janet Daby

Information on the number of children looked-after in foster placements with relatives or friends by legal status is shown in the table below. Number of children in England in foster placements with relatives or friends at 31 March 2024 by legal statusInt...

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