Adoptions, Outcomes and Placements for Children Looked After by Local Authorities, Year ending 31 March 2012

Statistics on Children Looked After by Local Authorities include data for Wales for the period up to the end of March 2012. The latest release updates the statistics previously released on 15th September 2011.

The key points from the latest release are:

• 5,726 children were looked after on 31 March 2012, an increase of 310 (6 per cent) over the previous year and a rate of 92 per 10,000 population aged under 18. The number of looked after children has increased by 24 per cent over the last five years.
• There were 524 children looked after at 31st March 2012 (9 per cent) who had three or more placements in 2011-12.
• Local authorities were in touch with 93 per cent of 19 year old care leavers; 47 per cent of 19 year old care leavers were known to be in education, training or employment.

Further information

StatsWales website.

Contact

Tel: 029 2082 3625
E-mail: stats.pss@wales.gsi.gov.uk

Next update

September 2013 (provisional - to be confirmed on Due Out Soon page)