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Percentage of looked after children in a foster placement (2251) Metric type

URI
http://id.esd.org.uk/metricType/2251
Help text
This is the number of children looked after at 31 March who are in foster placements as a percentage of the number of children looked after at the end of the period.

If a child has had 2 foster placements and 1 placement in a residential care home, they will be counted once under foster care and once under residential care.
Modified
04 Jan 2024
Data last updated
04 Jan 2024
Short label
% of looked after children in a foster placement
Status
Live
Output precision
0
Polarity
not applicable
Measure
Per cent
Dataset
Children looked after in the year ending 31 March (underlying data)
Collection
Children Looked After by Local Authorities in England (including adoption and care leavers)
Source
Department for Education
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