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Children in care in England (UK) 1997-2018
Number of looked after children in England from 1997 to 2018*
by Daniel Clark,
last edited
Dec 11, 2018
This statistic shows the number of children who were in social care as of March 31 in England (UK), from 1997 to 2018. Despite a small dip between 2004 and 2008, the number of children in care has increased over this 21 year period, to a total of 75,420 in 2018.
Number of looked after children in England from 1997 to 2018*
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by Daniel Clark,
last edited
Dec 11, 2018
This statistic shows the number of children who were in social care as of March 31 in England (UK), from 1997 to 2018. Despite a small dip between 2004 and 2008, the number of children in care has increased over this 21 year period, to a total of 75,420 in 2018.
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- November 2018
- Region
- United Kingdom (England)
- Survey time period
- March 31, 1997 to 2018
- Age group
- 18 years and under
- Supplementary notes
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*"Looked after children" include foster placements, children placed for adoption, placements with parents, other placements in the community, secure units, children's homes and hostels and other residential settings including residential schools.
**Figures for 1998 to 2003 are based on a one third sample.
Numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10.
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- Region
- United Kingdom (England)
- Survey time period
- March 31, 1997 to 2018
- Age group
- 18 years and under
- Supplementary notes
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*"Looked after children" include foster placements, children placed for adoption, placements with parents, other placements in the community, secure units, children's homes and hostels and other residential settings including residential schools.
**Figures for 1998 to 2003 are based on a one third sample.
Numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10.
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- Children in care
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- Number of looked after children in England from 1997 to 2018*Children in care in England (UK) 1997-2018
- Rate of looked after children in England (UK) from 2010 to 2018 (per 10,000 children under 18 years)*Rate of children in care in England (UK) 2010-2018
- Age distribution of looked after children in England (UK) as of March 31, 2018*, by percentageAge of children in care in England (UK) 2018
- Distribution of looked after children in care in England (UK) in 2018, by category of need* (in percentage)Main reasons why children are in care in England (UK) 2018
- Distribution of children taken into care in England (UK) in 2018, by main reason* (in percentage)Main reasons why children were taken into care in England (UK) 2018
- Distribution of looked after children in England (UK) in 2018, by placement*Children in care: types of placement in England (UK) 2018
- Children in foster placements in England (UK) as of March 31 from 2010 to 2018*Children in foster care in England (UK) 2010-2018
- Children taken into care in England from 2010 to 2018*Children entering care system in England (UK) 2010-2018
- Outcome for children looked after by local authorities
The most important statistics
- Share of male looked after and non-looked after pupils after Key Stage 1 who achieved expected education levels in England in 2015, by skill*Boys in care: skills attainment gap at Key Stage 1 (KS1) England 2015
- Share of female looked after and non-looked after pupils after Key Stage 1 who achieved expected education levels in England in 2015, by skill*Girls in care: skills attainment gap at Key Stage 1 (KS1) England 2015
- Share of male looked after and non-looked after pupils after Key Stage 2 who achieved expected education levels in England in 2015, by skill*Boys in care: skills attainment gap at Key Stage 2 (KS2) England 2015
- Share of female looked after and non-looked after pupils after Key Stage 2 who achieved expected education levels in England in 2015, by skill*Girls in care: skills attainment gap at Key Stage 2 (KS2) England 2015
- Share of male looked after and non-looked after pupils who achieved 5 or more A*-C GCSEs in England from 2010 to 2015*Boys in care: GCSE attainment gap England 2010-2015
- Share of female looked after and non-looked after pupils who achieved 5 or more A*-C GCSEs in England from 2010 to 2015*Girls in care: GCSE attainment gap England 2010-2015
- Share of male looked after and non-looked after pupils who achieved 5 or more A*-C GCSEs (including English and maths) in England from 2010 to 2015*Boys in care: GCSEs attainment gap (with English/maths) England 2010-2015
- Share of female looked after and non-looked after pupils who achieved 5 or more A*-C GCSEs (including English and maths) in England from 2010 to 2015*Girls in care: GCSEs attainment gap (with English/maths) England 2010-2015
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The most important statistics
- Number of children who started to be looked after in England from 2011 to 2018Number of children who began to be looked after in England in 2011-2018
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Statistics on "Children in care in England (UK)"
- Number of looked after children in England from 1997 to 2018*
- Rate of looked after children in England (UK) from 2010 to 2018 (per 10,000 children under 18 years)*
- Age distribution of looked after children in England (UK) as of March 31, 2018*, by percentage
- Distribution of looked after children in care in England (UK) in 2018, by category of need* (in percentage)
- Distribution of children taken into care in England (UK) in 2018, by main reason* (in percentage)
- Distribution of looked after children in England (UK) in 2018, by placement*
- Children in foster placements in England (UK) as of March 31 from 2010 to 2018*
- Children taken into care in England from 2010 to 2018*
- Share of male looked after and non-looked after pupils after Key Stage 1 who achieved expected education levels in England in 2015, by skill*
- Share of female looked after and non-looked after pupils after Key Stage 1 who achieved expected education levels in England in 2015, by skill*
- Share of male looked after and non-looked after pupils after Key Stage 2 who achieved expected education levels in England in 2015, by skill*
- Share of female looked after and non-looked after pupils after Key Stage 2 who achieved expected education levels in England in 2015, by skill*
- Share of male looked after and non-looked after pupils who achieved 5 or more A*-C GCSEs in England from 2010 to 2015*
- Share of female looked after and non-looked after pupils who achieved 5 or more A*-C GCSEs in England from 2010 to 2015*
- Share of male looked after and non-looked after pupils who achieved 5 or more A*-C GCSEs (including English and maths) in England from 2010 to 2015*
- Share of female looked after and non-looked after pupils who achieved 5 or more A*-C GCSEs (including English and maths) in England from 2010 to 2015*
- Number of children who started to be looked after in England from 2011 to 2018
- Age distribution of looked after children in England as of March 31, 2018*
- Age distribution of successfully adopted children in England in 2014*
- Age distribution of children taken into care in England (UK) from 2010 to 2014*
- Share of male looked after and non-looked after pupils after Key Stage 1 who achieved expected reading levels in England from 2010 to 2015*
- Share of female looked after and non-looked after pupils after Key Stage 2 who achieved expected writing levels in England from 2012 to 2015*
- Number of adoptions in Norway from 2017, by type
- Number of adoptions in Norway from 2017, by age group
- Percentage of children adopted from foster care in the United States in 2011 currently receiving subsidies, by age at placement
- Number of intercountry adoptions in Norway in 2017, by previous citizenship of the child
- Percentage of children adopted from foster care in the United States in 2011, by parents receiving post-adoption services
- The number of adopted children in 2017 in Sweden, by age group
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- Share of individuals who agree they want their country to do more to support and protect people who dress and live as one sex even though they were born another in Great Britain in 2017
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