Ethnicities of children in care - Freedom of information

I am currently a third year student with University of Northampton. I am currently writing my dissertation, it is a comparison between the sustainability and resilience of care leavers within Urban and Rural. My request is for information regarding the ethnicities of children in care within your count.

Ethnicity	Number
Asian / Other Asian	11
Black African	6
Chinese	Section 40 Personal Data
Gypsy/Roma	Section 40 Personal Data
Information Not Obtained Yet	11
Mixed Other	Section 40 Personal Data
Mixed White / Black African	Section 40 Personal Data
Mixed White / Asian	Section 40 Personal Data
White / Black Caribbean	Section 40 Personal Data
Other Ethnic Group	9
Traveler of Irish Heritage	Section 40 Personal Data
White Other	26
White British	619
White Irish	Section 40 Personal Data

Please note – where we have not included the numbers in the table above we hold the information but as disclosure may identify individuals we are exempting the numbers under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 – Section 40 Personal Data.

The ethnicity of foster carers within your county

Ethnicity	Number
White British	498
White Irish	Section 40 – Personal Data
White Other	Section 40 – Personal Data
Mixed Other	Section 40 – Personal Data
Mixed White and Asian	Section 40 – Personal Data
Any other	Section 40 – Personal Data
Total	508

How many children in county have left care within the past five years and

Year	Number
2013/14	372
2014/15	367
2015/16	405
2016/17	364
2017/18	275
Grand Total	1783


How many children have resided within residential in the last five years

	Children’s Homes	Secure Units	Residential (Not CH)	Residential Special School	Total
2013/14	102	21	177	32	332
2014/15	112	10	72	26	220
2015/16	126	15	83	9	233
2016/17	129	9	104	6	248
2017/18 so far	118	6	93	11	228
Grand total	587	61	529	84	1261

We have interpreted ‘Residential’ to include Children’s Homes, Secure Units, Residential Homes (not Ofsted regulated Children’s Homes), Residential Special Schools.

Please note this is the number of Placements (some children may have moved between these or to different homes of the same type and therefore will have been counted more than once).