Question follow-through · 32205
Children in Care: West Yorkshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the number of children in care within private care homes in (a) Bradford Council, (b) Leeds Council, (c) Calderdale Council and (d) Kirklees Council.
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 21 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 25 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 22 Mar 2025 · 29 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
21 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the number of children in care within private care homes in (a) Bradford Council, (b) Leeds Council, (c) Calderdale Council and (d) Kirklees Council.
25 Feb 2025
Target answer date
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22 Mar 2025
Answer published
The department collects data on children looked after by local authorities. The latest available information on the number of children in care by each requested local authority within private care homes on 31 March 2024 is shown below:Local AuthorityNumbe...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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