Children looked after in England including adoption: 2011 to 2012
Information on looked-after children at both national and local authority levels for the financial year 2011 to 2012.
Applies to England
Documents
Details
Reference ID: SFR20/2012
Publication type: statistical first release
Publication data: local authority data
Local authority data: LA data
Region: England
Release date: 25 September 2012
Coverage status: final
Publication status: published
This statistical first release (SFR) provides information about looked-after children in England for the year ending 31 March 2012. The figures are based on data from the SSDA903 return collected from all local authorities. Additional analysis was added on 12 December 2012.
Key points
- There were 67,050 looked-after children at 31 March 2012, an increase of 2% compared to 31 March 2011 and an increase of 13% compared to 31 March 2008.
- Of children looked after at 31 March 2012, 50,260 were cared for in a foster placement. This represents 75% of all children looked after at 31 March 2012.
- There were 28,220 children who started to be looked after during the year ending 31 March 2012. This represents an increase of 3% from the previous year’s figure of 27,500 and an increase of 21% from 2008.
- There were 27,350 children who ceased to be looked after during the year ending 31 March 2012. This is a small increase of 1% from 2011 and an increase of 12% from 2008.
- There were 3,450 looked after children adopted during the year ending 31 March 2012. This was the highest figure since 2007 and an increase of 12% from the 2011 figure.
Looked-after children data user group
This is group which aims to seek feedback on whether these statistics are meeting users’ requirements and to consult on any future changes to this data collection and the timing and format of our outputs. If you would like to participate in this group then please register your interest via email.
Looked-after children statistics team
Email [email protected]
Telephone: Justin Ushie 01325 340817