Looked After Children's Placements
Case reference FOI2026/01015
Received 30 April 2026
Published 12 June 2026
Request
Please provide the following information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000
1) How many children were registered as “looked after children” by the local authority in 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025?
2) Please provide the number of placements outside of the local authority area for 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025.
3) Regarding those children housed outside of the local authority area for 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, please provide a list of local authorities where those children were placed. If not, please provide the county/region.
4) How many children from outside of the local authority area were housed by the local authority in 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025?
5) In 2024, how much money was spent by the local authority providing transport so families can visit looked after children housed outside of the local authority area.
Response
Please provide the following information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000
1) How many children were registered as “looked after children” by the local authority in 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025?
A:
|
calendar_year |
Q1_children_cla_in_year |
|
2022 |
506 |
|
2023 |
521 |
|
2024 |
475 |
|
2025 |
452 |
2) Please provide the number of placements outside of the local authority area for 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025.
A:
|
calendar_year |
Q2_placements_outside_la_in_year |
|
2022 |
225 |
|
2023 |
259 |
|
2024 |
234 |
|
2025 |
191 |
3) Regarding those children housed outside of the local authority area for 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, please provide a list of local authorities where those children were placed. If not, please provide the county/region.
A:
|
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
2025 |
Grand Total |
Distinct Count |
|
|
Bedfordshire |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
|
|
Bristol |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
|
|
Buckinghamshire |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
||
|
Cambridgeshire |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
|
Cheshire |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
||
|
Clwyd |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
|
Cornwall |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
|
|
Cumbria |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|||
|
Derbyshire |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
|
Devon |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
||
|
Dorset |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|||
|
Dyfed |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
|
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|||
|
East Sussex |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
||
|
Essex |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
|
Gloucestershire |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
|
Greater London |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
|
Greater Manchester |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
|
Gwent |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
|
Gwynedd |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|||
|
Hampshire |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
|
Kent |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
||
|
Lancashire |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
|
Leicestershire |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
|
Lincolnshire |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|||
|
Merseyside |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
|
Mid Glamorgan |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
|
Norfolk |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
|
North Yorkshire |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
|
Northamptonshire |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
|
Nottinghamshire |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
|
Powys |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
|
Shropshire |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
|
Somerset |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
||
|
South Glamorgan |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
||
|
Staffordshire |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
|
Suffolk |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
||
|
Warwickshire |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
|
West Glamorgan |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
|
|
West Midlands |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
|
West Yorkshire |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
||
|
Wiltshire |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
||
|
Worcestershire |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
|
Grand Total |
34 |
36 |
33 |
29 |
132 |
43 |
4) How many children from outside of the local authority area were housed by the local authority in 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025?
A:
|
calendar_year |
Q4_children_cola_in_year |
|
2022 |
50 |
|
2023 |
67 |
|
2024 |
99 |
|
2025 |
154 |
5) In 2024, how much money was spent by the local authority providing transport so families can visit looked after children housed outside of the local authority area.
A: £0
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