The following figures are for Children in Care in fostering placements; they exclude children who were in short breaks/respite placements.
1. How many children are and have been in foster care in Devon for the following years?
a. 2008/2009 – 596
b. 2009/2010 – 618
c. 2010/2011 – 620
d. 2011/2012 – 682
e. 2012/2013 – 723
f. 2013/2014 – 724
g. 2014/2015 – 775
h. 2015/2016 – 877
i. 2016/2017 – 828
j. 2017/2018 – 789
k. 2018/2019 – 766*
*Please note that the information for period 2018-19 is provisional as we have not collated/validated this data yet as this period has only just ended and we are starting the work to do this now.
Information is provided in financial years, as this is how it is held.
2. How many foster carers are and have there been in Devon for the following years?
a. 2008/2009 – Information not held
b. 2009/2010 – Information not held
c. 2010/2011 – Information not held
d. 2011/2012 – Information not held
e. 2012/2013 – Information not held
f. 2013/2014 – Information not held
g. 2014/2015 – Information not held
h. 2015/2016 – 472
i. 2016/2017 – 506
j. 2017/2018 – 455
k. 2018/2019 – 308*
*Please note that the information for period 2018-19 is provisional as we have not collated/validated this data yet as this period has only just ended and we are starting the work to do this now.
Information is provided in financial years, as this is how it is held.
3. How many children in foster care in Devon live with foster carers 0-10 miles from their family home as of 25/03/2019? 320
4. How many children in foster care in Devon live with foster carers more than 10 miles from their family home as of 25/03/2019? 197
5. How many children in foster care in Devon live with foster carers more than 20 miles from their family home as of 25/03/2019? 129
6. How many children in foster care in Devon live with foster carers more than 30+ miles from their family home as of 25/03/2019? 81
Please note that the figures provided in questions 3 to 6 above exclude 40 children whose distance of placement from home address we are unable to accurately determine. A significant proportion of these are UASC (unaccompanied asylum seeking children).