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Children in Care

Commons · Question 93210 · Tabled 20 Nov 2025 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 26 Nov 2025

Question

Asked by Rupert Lowe

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, to provide a breakdown of (i) the total number (ii) the age of children taken into care in each of the last ten years.

Answer

Answered by Josh MacAlister, 26 Nov 2025

The latest figures on the number of children taken into care for reasons of court orders or police protection, emergency or child assessment orders in England by age are shown in the attached table.The latest figures on all children starting to be looked ...