Written question asked by Helen Hayes (Labour) on Monday, 31 October 2016, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 2 November 2016. It was answered by Edward Timpson (Conservative) on Tuesday, 8 November 2016 on behalf of the Department for Education.
Children in Care
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, of those children who were subject of a special guardianship order as at 31 March 2016 but were not looked after immediately prior to the special guardianship order being made, how many (a) have been on a child protection plan and (b) were looked after at some point in their childhood.
- Answer
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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:
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 51030
- Session
- 2016-17
- Grouped for answer
- Yes
- Subjects
- Children Children in care Protection Special guardianship orders
- Contains statistics
- Yes
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- 2016-11-08 18:35:18 +0000
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