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 ...