Under the Staying Put initiative, which was made law through the Children and Families Act 2014, councils have a duty to support looked-after children who want to remain with their foster carer until they are 21.
But concerns have previously been raised that the scheme is being hindered by a lack of funding from central government to enable councils to cover the additional cost.
Fostering data published by Ofsted shows that the percentage of young people in foster care staying on after their 18th birthday dropped significantly from 2,190 young people in 2015/16 (54 per cent of those eligible) to 1,570 in 2016/17 (46 per cent of those eligible).
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