Year |
Rise in number |
Fall in number |
taken into professional child protection |
type of placement changed |
admitted into short-term care |
admitted into after-care provision |
total |
professional child protection ceased |
type of placement changed |
short-term care ceased |
after-care provision ceased |
total |
Children's home |
2004 |
3,356 |
1,197 |
139 |
694 |
5,386 |
2,399 |
2,368 |
137 |
765 |
5,669 |
2005 |
3,466 |
1,300 |
82 |
715 |
5,563 |
2,449 |
2,477 |
143 |
698 |
5,767 |
2006 |
2,990 |
1,313 |
78 |
501 |
4,882 |
2,326 |
2,074 |
96 |
875 |
5,371 |
2007 |
3,104 |
1,575 |
55 |
550 |
5,284 |
2,270 |
2,448 |
67 |
703 |
5,488 |
2008 |
3,321 |
1,092 |
80 |
534 |
5,027 |
2,218 |
2,148 |
92 |
659 |
5,117 |
2009 |
3,339 |
1,211 |
100 |
591 |
5,241 |
2,464 |
2,355 |
71 |
790 |
5,680 |
2010 |
3,273 |
1,519 |
51 |
608 |
5,451 |
2,576 |
2,220 |
89 |
741 |
5,626 |
2011 |
3,361 |
1,726 |
51 |
559 |
5,697 |
2,377 |
2,550 |
135 |
751 |
5,813 |
2012 |
3,710 |
1,467 |
55 |
565 |
5,797 |
2,817 |
2,228 |
110 |
771 |
5,926 |
2013 |
2,922 |
1,325 |
51 |
529 |
4,827 |
2,522 |
1,929 |
260 |
609 |
5,320 |
2014 |
3,812 |
1,482 |
61 |
549 |
5,904 |
2,705 |
1,988 |
84 |
537 |
5,314 |
2015 |
5,398 |
1,450 |
63 |
478 |
7,389 |
4,897 |
1,936 |
62 |
642 |
7,537 |
2016 |
4,246 |
1,443 |
29 |
465 |
6,183 |
3,861 |
2,015 |
44 |
591 |
6,511 |
2017 |
2,897 |
1,549 |
29 |
404 |
4,879 |
2,610 |
1,905 |
29 |
612 |
5,156 |
2018 |
2,226 |
1,700 |
40 |
448 |
4,414 |
2,249 |
1,773 |
44 |
516 |
4,582 |
2019 |
1,981 |
1,551 |
30 |
406 |
3,968 |
2,027 |
1,629 |
32 |
522 |
4,210 |
2020 |
1,702 |
1,577 |
37 |
343 |
3,659 |
1,850 |
1,614 |
40 |
469 |
3,973 |
2021 |
2,108 |
1,797 |
29 |
409 |
4,343 |
1,804 |
2,018 |
31 |
492 |
4,345 |
2022 |
2,005 |
1,882 |
37 |
401 |
4,325 |
1,846 |
1,844 |
42 |
451 |
4,183 |
2023 |
2,193 |
1,850 |
24 |
375 |
4,442 |
1,808 |
1,727 |
31 |
469 |
4,035 |
Foster care |
2004 |
752 |
950 |
8 |
564 |
2,274 |
893 |
533 |
15 |
637 |
2,078 |
2005 |
923 |
907 |
– |
617 |
2,447 |
1,155 |
586 |
72 |
480 |
2,293 |
2006 |
1,027 |
1,189 |
– |
474 |
2,690 |
1,205 |
764 |
54 |
406 |
2,429 |
2007 |
1,256 |
874 |
5 |
381 |
2,516 |
1,095 |
590 |
– |
471 |
2,156 |
2008 |
1,431 |
1,155 |
8 |
332 |
2,926 |
1,149 |
760 |
22 |
511 |
2,442 |
2009 |
1,807 |
1,073 |
17 |
418 |
3,315 |
1,823 |
700 |
8 |
368 |
2,899 |
2010 |
1,526 |
1,204 |
22 |
474 |
3,226 |
1,336 |
1,652 |
29 |
651 |
3,668 |
2011 |
1,845 |
1,756 |
12 |
447 |
4,060 |
1,407 |
1,652 |
7 |
772 |
3,838 |
2012 |
1,718 |
1,331 |
2 |
466 |
3,517 |
1,473 |
1,260 |
11 |
556 |
3,300 |
2013 |
2,260 |
1,328 |
2 |
449 |
4,039 |
1,556 |
1,267 |
3 |
627 |
3,453 |
2014 |
2,380 |
1,796 |
1 |
462 |
4,639 |
1,492 |
1,855 |
29 |
493 |
3,869 |
2015 |
2,014 |
941 |
1 |
393 |
3,349 |
1,546 |
970 |
13 |
595 |
3,124 |
2016 |
2,426 |
1,069 |
– |
328 |
3,823 |
1,915 |
982 |
15 |
525 |
3,437 |
2017 |
2,569 |
1,003 |
2 |
305 |
3,879 |
1,802 |
1,130 |
63 |
499 |
3,494 |
2018 |
2,420 |
1,411 |
4 |
276 |
4,111 |
1,936 |
1,582 |
2 |
462 |
3,982 |
2019 |
2,301 |
1,247 |
– |
323 |
3,871 |
1,757 |
1,488 |
3 |
483 |
3,731 |
2020 |
2,124 |
4,099 |
1 |
558 |
6,782 |
1,614 |
4,377 |
3 |
490 |
6,484 |
2021 |
2,544 |
4,036 |
7 |
536 |
7,123 |
1,595 |
4,663 |
14 |
381 |
6,653 |
2022 |
2,188 |
1,228 |
2 |
260 |
3,678 |
1,809 |
1,486 |
– |
492 |
3,787 |
2023 |
2,075 |
1,162 |
– |
231 |
3,468 |
1,835 |
1,343 |
2 |
415 |
3,595 |
.