Statistics
This part of our site is for statistical info about young people from Care. Below is a summary of statistics about young people from Care from the Dfes Research and Statistics Gateway 
Summary of Statistics for 2010
Children looked after
- There were 64,400 looked after children as at 31 March 2010, an increase of 6 per cent from 2009 and an increase of 7 per cent since 2006.
- Overall, the main reason why social care services first engaged with children who started to be looked after during the year was because of abuse or neglect (52 per cent). This percentage has increased since 2009.
- 25,100 children ceased to be looked after during the year ending 31 March 2010. This is similar to last year’s figure of 25,000.
- 73 per cent of children who were looked after at 31 March 2010 were in a foster placement. This is an increase from 69 per cent in 2006. There were 2,300 children placed for adoption at 31 March 2010.
- There were 3,400 Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children (UASC) who were looked after at 31 March 2010. This is a decrease of 12 per cent from 2009.
- There were 350 mothers aged 12 and over who were looked after at 31 March 2010. This is the same as the previous year and an increase of 18 per cent from the 2006 figure.