Speeches

Jeremy Browne – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jeremy Browne on 2014-04-10.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children have been removed from their parents by social services in each of the last five years.

Mr Edward Timpson

The following table shows the number of children who were taken into care in each of the last five years. Children who were taken into care were children who started to be looked after under a care order, police protection, emergency protection order or child assessment order.

Children who were taken into care during the years ending 31 March:

Year

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

Number of children taken into care

8,180

9,580

9,560

10,140

11,100

The information provided in the table is also published in table C2 of the statistical release, which is available online: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption