Some 1,498 children aged 16 and 17 are living in settings including hostels and supported accommodation with minimal adult supervision when they should be in the care of the local authority, data compiled from Freedom of Information (FOI) requests submitted by the charity to local councils shows.
On 31 March last year, data from 134 local authorities that responded to the request shows that 585 non-looked after children were housed in unregulated accommodation.
“Across all 343 councils in England this would be 1,498,” the charity states.
These children are not included in Department for Education figures which state that 6,180 looked-after children were living in such settings on 31 March 2019.
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