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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.
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
|
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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
|
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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
|
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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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