PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Special Guardianship Orders (1 November 2016)

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many special guardianship orders were made in respect of children who were (a) under one year old, (b) one to four years old, (c) five to nine years old, (d) 10 to 15 years old and (e) 16 years old and above on 31 March 2016.

Asked by:
Helen Hayes (Labour)

The number of children who ceased to be looked after due to the granting of a special guardianship order during the year ending 31 March 2016, is shown in the table below^1,2,3.

Age on ceasing (years)	number
Under 1	700
1 to 4	1,470
5 to 9	1,000
10 to 15	610
16 and over	50

Source: SSDA903

1. Numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10.
2. Only the last occasion on which a child ceased to be looked in the year has been counted.

Figures exclude children looked after under an agreed series of short term placements.

Answered by:
Edward Timpson (Conservative)
8 November 2016