Written question asked by Ian Liddell-Grainger (Conservative) on Thursday, 30 October 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 20 November 2003. It was answered by Baroness Hodge of Barking (Labour) on Thursday, 20 November 2003 on behalf of the Department for Education and Skills.

Dept for Education and Skills

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many children are in care in Somerset; and which counties they come from. - Inc table.

Answer: Mr. Liddell-Grainger: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many children are in care in Somerset; and which counties they come from. [136554] Margaret Hodge: Number of children looked after by Somerset CC, Bath and North East Somerset. UA and North Somerset UA at 31 March 20021,2 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Local Authority Total number of looked after Number of children placed Number of children placed children inside local authority boundary outside local authority boundary Somerset CC 335 325 5 Bath and North East Somerset UA 145 105 40 North Somerset UA 150 140 10 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 All figures are rounded to the nearest 5. Numbers may not add- up to totals due to rounding. 2 Figures in this table exclude children looked after under a series of short term placements.

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