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Written question asked by Michael Tomlinson (Conservative) on Monday, 4 March 2019, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 6 March 2019. It was answered by Nadhim Zahawi (Conservative) on Tuesday, 12 March 2019 on behalf of the Department for Education.

Care Leavers: Poole

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many care leavers there are aged 19-21 years in the Poole Council area.

Answer

The latest national information on the number of care leavers aged 19 to 21 and the percentage in touch with their local authority can be found in table F1 of the statistical release ‘Children looked after in England including adoption: 2017 to 2018’: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2017-to-2018. These figures are also disaggregated at local authority level for 2018 in the underlying data tables that accompany this statistical release.

The department does not hold data on care leavers below local authority level.

The department does not hold information centrally on the number and proportion of care leavers who have specifically had contact with a personal advisor within a local authority.

Paragraph 4.38 of the Children Act (1989) volume 3 statutory guidance provides further information on how the duty on local authorities to keep in touch with care leavers should be implemented. A copy of the guidance is available at: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/397649/CA1989_Transitions_guidance.pdf.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
228096
Session
2017-19
Grouped for answer
Yes
Subjects
Poole Care leavers
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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