04 September 2023
Your request
Q1. How many foster carers/families do you currently need in your area?
<INSERT NUMBER>
Q2. How many children/young people in your council area were in foster care in the following years?
2023 – currently
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
Q3. Would you say your council area has seen an increase in young people going into care in the past 12 months?
Yes- it’s never been higher
Yes
No
Don’t know
Our response
Q1. Our target is to recruit at least 20 fostering household per year and we need at least 20 fostering household recruited per year
Q2. The number of children looked after as at 31/03 of each year per the statistical returns
2023 = 404
2022 = 401
2021 = 371
2020 = 358
2019 = 348
2018 = 411
Q3. Yes