House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 28 Apr 2008 (pt 0039)

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Helen Southworth: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) how many young people in the care of a local authority went on to enter (a) further and (b) higher education in each local authority area in 2007; [202220]

(2) how many young people in the care of a local authority moved into (a) hostel and (b) bed and breakfast accommodation in each local authority area in 2007; [202227]

(3) how many young people in the care of a local authority were not in education, employment or training in each local authority area in 2007. [202228]

Kevin Brennan: Information on the number of young people in the care of each local authority who went on to (a) further education and (b) higher education, as well as the number of young people who were not in education, employment or training is not collected centrally by the Department. However, information on the number of children who are now aged 19 who were looked after on 1 April 2004 but have since left care and are engaged in higher educational studies (i.e. studies beyond A level) or who are not in education, employment or training has been placed in the House
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of Commons Library (Table LAG1). Table LAG1 is taken from the Statistical First Release (SFR 27/2007) entitled ‘Children looked after in England (including adoption and care leavers) year ending 31 March 2007’. The SFR is located at http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s000741/index.shtml and table LAG1 can be found within the second set of Excel tables on the website. The measures that we are taking through the Care Matters White Paper and the Children and Young Persons Bill, such as requiring local authorities to pay a £2,000 bursary to care leavers who undertake a course in higher education and to provide a personal adviser for care leavers in education up to the age of 25, are designed to help them to achieve their full potential.

Information on the number of children looked after by English local authorities who moved into (a) children's homes and hostels and (b) independent living during the year ending 31 March 2007 has been placed in the House of Commons Library (Table 1). Where a child moved into either of the aforementioned placements on more than one occasion during the year, he or she has been counted only once.

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Table 1: Children looked after who moved into (a) homes and hostels and (b) independent living during the year ending 31 March 2007^{( 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. )} England
Numbers
	Children looked after who moved into homes and hostels during the year^{( 1, 2, 3)}	Children looked after who moved into independent living during the year^{( 1, 2, 3)}
England	5,500	2,700

North East	320	60
Darlington	15	0
Durham	50	10
Gateshead	20	⁽⁶⁾—
Hartlepool	⁽⁶⁾—	⁽⁶⁾—
Middlesbrough	10	⁽⁶⁾—
Newcastle Upon Tyne	60	⁽⁶⁾—
North Tyneside	30	⁽⁶⁾—
Northumberland	30	⁽⁶⁾—
Redcar and Cleveland	5	⁽⁶⁾—
South Tyneside	25	5
Stockton-on-Tees	15	10
Sunderland	55	10

North West	1,030	380
Blackburn with Darwen	20	5
Blackpool	30	10
Bolton	40	10
Bury	5	10
Cheshire	50	20
Cumbria	20	10
Halton	10	⁽⁶⁾—
Knowsley	25	10
Lancashire	120	35
Liverpool	65	15
Manchester	195	125
Oldham	50	⁽⁶⁾—
Rochdale	40	10
Salford	55	25
Sefton	70	⁽⁶⁾—
St. Helens	20	⁽⁶⁾—
Stockport	50	15
Tameside	30	20
Trafford	25	⁽⁶⁾—
Warrington	15	5
Wigan	40	15
Wirral	55	25

Yorkshire and the Humber	620	300
Barnsley	20	5
Bradford	80	35
Calderdale	40	⁽⁶⁾—
Doncaster	65	10
East Riding of Yorkshire	55	⁽⁶⁾—
Kingston Upon Hull, City of	50	20
Kirklees	30	10
Leeds	55	85
North East Lincolnshire	20	⁽⁶⁾—
North Lincolnshire	25	5
North Yorkshire	35	10
Rotherham	30	10
Sheffield	65	85
Wakefield	35	15
York	20	⁽⁶⁾—

East Midlands	350	180
Derby	45	5
Derbyshire	50	25
Leicester	30	10
Leicestershire	45	15
Lincolnshire	40	25
Northamptonshire	55	45
Nottingham	65	40
Nottinghamshire	15	15
Rutland	0	0

West Midlands	760	180
Birmingham	230	55
Coventry	40	20
Dudley	40	⁽⁶⁾—
Herefordshire	15	⁽⁶⁾—
Sandwell	45	10
Shropshire	30	15
Solihull	5	⁽⁶⁾—
Staffordshire	100	10
Stoke-On-Trent	70	10
Telford and Wrekin	35	⁽⁶⁾—
Walsall	35	10
Warwickshire	10	10
Wolverhampton	45	15
Worcestershire	50	10

East of England	370	230
Bedfordshire	30	15
Cambridgeshire	40	35
Essex	90	60
Hertfordshire	70	30
Luton	35	10
Norfolk	50	10
Peterborough	15	10
Southend-on-Sea	10	25
Suffolk	20	30
Thurrock	10	5

London	1,100	870
Inner London	490	360
Camden	35	15
City of London	⁽⁶⁾—	10
Hackney	30	30
Hammersmith and Fulham	20	15
Haringey	55	20
Islington	30	20
Kensington and Chelsea	20	20
Lambeth	40	15
Lewisham	50	20
Newham	40	65
Southwark	50	70
Tower Hamlets	45	30
Wandsworth	40	5
Westminster	30	20

Outer London	610	520
Barking and Dagenham	15	55
Barnet	25	20
Bexley	⁽⁶⁾—	25
Brent	40	⁽⁶⁾—
Bromley	30	10
Croydon	145	60
Ealing	40	35
Enfield	20	25
Greenwich	60	60
Harrow	15	20
Havering	5	5
Hillingdon	100	160
Hounslow	25	⁽⁶⁾—
Kingston upon Thames	10	10
Merton	⁽⁶⁾—	0
Redbridge	30	⁽⁶⁾—
Richmond Upon Thames	10	⁽⁶⁾—
Sutton	10	15
Waltham Forest	15	⁽⁶⁾—

South East	570	300
Bracknell Forest	10	⁽⁶⁾—
Brighton and Hove	20	20
Buckinghamshire	35	15
East Sussex	30	⁽⁶⁾—
Hampshire	105	25
Isle Of Wight	5	10
Kent	100	5
Medway Towns	5	5
Milton Keynes	25	20
Oxfordshire	35	45
Portsmouth	20	10
Reading	10	15
Slough	10	5
Southampton	35	15
Surrey	50	70
West Berkshire	⁽⁶⁾—	10
West Sussex	60	15
Windsor and Maidenhead	⁽⁶⁾—	⁽⁶⁾—
Wokingham	10	5

South West	410	190
Bath and North East Somerset	10	⁽⁶⁾—
Bournemouth	5	⁽⁶⁾—
Bristol, City of	45	10
Cornwall	60	25
Devon	60	15
Dorset	10	25
Gloucestershire	45	15
Isles Of Scilly	0	0
North Somerset	⁽⁶⁾—	⁽⁶⁾—
Plymouth	15	15
Poole	⁽⁶⁾—	10
Somerset	85	20
South Gloucestershire	⁽⁶⁾—	⁽⁶⁾—
Swindon	⁽⁶⁾—	25
Torbay	20	10
Wiltshire	30	15
^{(1 )}Source: SSDA903 return on children looked after. ⁽²⁾ Children looked after at any time during the year ending 31 March. ⁽³⁾ Figures exclude children looked after under an agreed series of short term placements. ^{(4 )}To ensure that no individual can be identified from statistical tables, we use conventions for the rounding and suppression of very small numbers. All numbers which appear in the national summary tables have been rounded to the nearest 100 if they exceed 1,000 and to the nearest 10 otherwise. Numbers from one to five inclusive have been suppressed, being replaced in the table by a ⁽⁶⁾. At local council level the England totals have been rounded either to the nearest 10, or the nearest 100 following the rule outlined above. Regional totals and totals for the number of children placed outside England have been rounded to the nearest 10. All other numbers have been rounded to the nearest five, and numbers from one to five inclusive have been suppressed, being replaced in the published table by a ⁽⁶⁾. ^{(5 )}Where a child has moved into (a) a home or hostel or (b) independent living on more than one occasion during the year, he or she has been counted only once. ^{(6 )}Numbers from one to five.

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