Children in Care Helen Southworth asked the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (23 Oct 2007: Column 212W) what his estimate

Kevin Brennan: The number of children looked after placed outside their responsible local authority area at 31 March 2007 was 18,400. This represented 31% of all children looked after on that date. None of them were privately fostered – children who are privately fostered are not ‘looked after’ by local authorities.Through the legislation to implement…