Children Looked After in England

This release provides information on children looked after (CLA) in England, including numbers of CLA adopted, care leavers and CLA who were missing. Data is taken from the annual SSDA903 data collection which is collected from local authorities in England.

The latest statistics relate to the year ending 31 March 2022. Each year local authorities can revise previous years' data. The standard period for data in this release is for the year ending 31 March 2018 to the year ending 31 March 2022.

The complete set of national tables has been included on the accompanying CD-ROM.