PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Children in Care (31 October 2016)

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) looked after children and (b) care leavers have had a child placed in foster for adoption under section 22C(9A)-(9C) of the Children Act 1989; and how many of those children were voluntarily accommodated under section 20 of the Children Act 1989 at the time the placement commenced in each of the last 10 years.

Asked by:
Helen Hayes (Labour)

Information on care leavers who are parents is not available. The Department collects information on looked after girls aged 12 or over who are mothers, but it is not possible to determine numbers of care leavers who became parents after leaving care. The Department does not collect information on the children of looked after children or care leavers.

Answered by:
Edward Timpson (Conservative)
8 November 2016