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Children looked after in Wales: trends
- Author:
- HODGES Helen
- Publisher:
- Wales Centre for Public Policy
- Publication year:
- 2020
- Pagination:
- 27
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
This briefing focuses on describing the trends associated with children looked after in Wales at both a national and local level. It utilises aggregate data to describe trends with respect to: the number and rate of children looked after in Wales; placement; legal status. On 31st March 2019, there were 6,845 children looked after in Wales, a further increase of 440 compared to the previous year. As a result, the gap between the rate of children looked after in Wales compared to other parts of the UK has continued to widen. The number of children looked after increased by 7% between 31st March 2018 and 31st March 2019; equivalent to an increase from 102 to 109 per 10,000. However, there is a great deal of variation across Wales. In eight local authorities, on the day of census, the number of children looked after was either the same or lower than on the same day the previous year. For ten local authorities, the cohort was more than 10% larger than the previous year. These ten local authorities account for 85% of the net national increase between 2018 and 2019. All age groups have seen a rise over the five years, but the biggest increase has been in rate of under-1s (37% over five years). In terms of placements, there has been an 84% increase in the numbers placed with parents over the last five years. Whilst the majority are placed in foster care, there has been a rise in the numbers placed with kinship carers (60% over five years) and placed outside their ‘home’ local authority (20% between 2015 and 2019). (Edited publisher abstract)
Fostering in England, 2015-16
- Author:
- OFSTED
- Publisher:
- OFSTED
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Pagination:
- 29
- Place of publication:
- Manchester
This release covers the numbers and profile of foster carers and foster places and placements, in both local authority (LA) and independent fostering agencies (IFA) between 1 April 2015 and 31 March 2016. Data relating to types of foster care, registrations, de-registrations, to fostered children, and a range of other subjects is also included. The report indicates that there has been little change in the number of fostering households and children in foster care, although the reported number of applications fell by one third. There were 11,460 applications in 2015-16, compared to 16,920 the previous year. Although the number of care leavers went up 17 per cent to 4,025, the number who stayed living with their former foster carers increased by a higher rate (22 per cent) to 2,190. Children were more likely to experience a change in educational placement if they also experienced an unplanned ending. (Edited publisher abstract)
Children adopted from care in Northern Ireland 2015/16
- Authors:
- RODGERS Heidi, WAUGH Iain
- Publisher:
- Northern Ireland. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2016
- Pagination:
- 24
- Place of publication:
- Belfast
This bulletin details statistical information relating to children adopted from care in Northern Ireland during the year ending 31 March 2016, including information about these children and their adopters, duration between different stages in the adoption process, average ages of children at each stage, adoption process by age group, foster care adoptions. It reports that eighty nine children were adopted from care during the year ending 31 March 2016, seventeen more than in 2015. The average age of children at the time of adoption was 4 years 5 months. From the last entry into care, the average length of time for a child to be adopted in 2015/16 was 2 years 11 months, 2 months shorter than in 2014/15. A total of fifty one children were adopted by their foster carers in 2015/16, representing 57 per cent of the overall number of adoptions in Northern Ireland. Children adopted by their foster carers were in general slightly older at the time of adoption than the other adopted children, however the average duration of the adoption process was the same. (Edited publisher abstract)
Children adopted from care in Northern Ireland 2014/15
- Authors:
- RODGERS Heidi, WAUGH Iain
- Publisher:
- Northern Ireland. Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 21
- Place of publication:
- Belfast
Details statistical information relating to children adopted from care in Northern Ireland during the year ending 31 March 2015. The tables within the bulletin present a range of information about these children and their adopters, and durations between different stages in the adoption process. The bulletin is based on the DHSSPS statistical return AD1 2014/15, which was collected from each of the five Health and Social Care Trusts in Northern Ireland. The document shows that: seventy two children were adopted from care during the year ending 31 March 2015, seventeen less than in 2014 (89); the average age of children at the time of adoption was 4 years 1 months; from the last entry into care, the average length of time for a child to be adopted in 2014/15 was 3 years 1 month - this was 2 months longer than in the previous year; the average duration from the Trust LAC1 Best Interest Proposal to adoption was 2 years 4 months, one month more than in 2013/14; thirty eight children were adopted by their foster carers - this represented 53 per cent of the overall number of adoptions; children adopted by their foster carers were in general slightly older at the time of adoption than the other adopted children and the duration of the adoption process was generally longer. (Edited publisher abstract)
Notifications of private fostering arrangements in England: year ending 31 March 2015
- Author:
- NELSON-GIRTCHEN Anneka
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Education
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 6
- Place of publication:
- London
This statistical first release provides figures on notifications received by local authorities of children cared for and accommodated in private fostering arrangements in England. It also reports on actions carried out by the local authority in accordance with the requirements for carrying out visits. A privately-fostered child is defined as one under the age of 16 (18 if disabled) that is cared for by someone other than a parent or close relative. The release shows that 1,560 children were reported as being cared for and accommodated in private fostering arrangements in England at 31 March 2015. 2,740 new arrangements reported to have started during the 2015 financial year, an overall increase from 1,420 in 2007. 75 per cent of cases where action was taken following a notification of a private fostering arrangement had action taken within 7 working days. This percentage has fluctuated between 69 per cent and 80 per cent since 2007. (Edited publisher abstract)
Local authority fostering services in England: performance benchmark report 2013/14
- Authors:
- FOSTERING NETWORK, iMPOWER
- Publisher:
- Fostering Network
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 19
- Place of publication:
- London
Provides the latest statistical figures on the recruitment and retention of foster carers in England. The report, which combines data collected through Ofsted and CIPFA with the addition of pertinent fostering performance statistics, identifies the key headline statistics from the 2013/14 benchmark, providing analysis and comparison with the first collection last year. It also poses questions to encourage fostering services to interrogate local data further to identify opportunities to improve performance. Foster carer recruitment and retention remains a significant challenge for fostering services throughout England. Key findings from the benchmark show that: 11 per cent of enquiries proceed to approved foster carers, and 31 per cent progress from enquiry to initial visit; the journey to approval takes an average of 273 days; 65 per cent of children in foster care are placed with local authority foster carers; 12 per cent of foster carers left their service in the past year. (Edited publisher abstract)
Children adopted from care in Northern Ireland 2013/14
- Authors:
- RODGERS Heidi, WAUGH Iain
- Publisher:
- Northern Ireland. Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Pagination:
- 21
- Place of publication:
- Belfast
This bulletin details statistical information relating to children adopted from care in Northern Ireland during the year ending 31 March 2014, presenting a range of information about durations between different stages in the adoption process, average ages of children at each stage, adoption process by age group, and foster care adoptions. Eighty nine children were adopted from care during the year ending 31 March 2014, one more than in 2013. The average age of children at the time of adoption was 4 years 4 months. From the last entry into care, the average length of time for a child to be adopted in 2013/14 was 2 years 11 months. This was 6 months shorter than in 2012/13. Fifty five children were adopted by their foster carers in 2013/14. This represented 62 per cent of the overall number of adoptions. Children adopted by their foster carers were in general slightly older at the time of adoption than the other adopted children and the duration of the adoption process was generally longer. (Edited publisher abstract)
Fostering datasets: official statistics release
- Author:
- OFSTED
- Publisher:
- OFSTED
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 7p.
- Place of publication:
- Manchester
Statistical release on the numbers and profile of foster carers and children in local authority and independent services covering the period between 1 April 2010 and 31 March 2011. Data relating to types of foster care, registrations and de-registrations, and a range of other subjects are also provided. In addition to a commentary highlighting the key points an excel spreadsheet of provisional data is available on the Ofsted website..
Fostering agencies and fostering services dataset 2009/10
- Author:
- OFSTED
- Publisher:
- OFSTED
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 2p., tables
- Place of publication:
- Manchester
This publication highlights key statistics from data collected from fostering services, in England, covering the period between 1 April 2009 and 31 March 2010. Data was submitted by nearly 73% of all fostering services. It is noted that the data are being published as experimental statistics.
Children looked after statistics 2008-09
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Government
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Government
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 45p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
This publication presents new statistics obtained from the children looked after survey which was completed by all local authorities in Scotland. It contains statistics on children who were looked after by or eligible for aftercare services from local authorities between 1 April 2008 and 31 March 2009. This year, for the first time, all 32 local authorities completed a return for each individual child, rather than aggregate return. This enables more flexible analyses to be carried out. The findings include that at 31 March 2009 there were 15,288 children looked after by local authorities, an increase of 3% since 2008. The number of children looked after has increased every year since 2001 and is at its highest since 1983. At 31 March 2009, 39% of children who were looked after were placed at home with parents, 20% were looked after by friends or relatives, 29% were looked after by foster carers, and 10% were in residential accommodation. There were 3,452 young people reported to be eligible for aftercare services on 31 March 2009.