Written questions

Kinship Care: Foster Care

Commons · Question 71126 · Tabled 29 Aug 2025 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 5 Sep 2025

Question

Asked by 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

Answered by Janet Daby, 5 Sep 2025

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...