PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Children in Care (31 October 2016)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children on special guardianship orders as of 31 March 2016 were looked after immediately prior to the special guardianship order.
Asked by:
Helen Hayes (Labour)
Asked by:
Helen Hayes (Labour)
Answer
The Department does not hold information on the total number of children on a special guardianship order as at 31 March 2016. Information is only collected on the number of children who have ceased to be looked after under a special guardianship order each year. There were 3,830 such children in the year ending 31 March 2016. This information is published in national table D1 of the statistical first release ‘Children looked after in England, year ending 31 March 2016’, which can be found at:
Answered by:
Edward Timpson (Conservative)
8 November 2016
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