Question follow-through · 32206

Children in Care: West Yorkshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the private children's' care capacity of private care homes within (a) Bradford, (b) Leeds, (c) Calderdale and (d) Kirklees Council area.

answeredDepartment for Education

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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

  1. 21 Feb 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the private children's' care capacity of private care homes within (a) Bradford, (b) Leeds, (c) Calderdale and (d) Kirklees Council area.

  2. 25 Feb 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 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...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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