As of 31 March 2021, 80,850 children - 67 in every 10,000 - were in care.
This amounts to a one per cent increase compared with the number of children in care in March 2020 meaning the figure now stands at the highest on record, the DfE report states.
“The increase was driven by there being slightly more children looked-after starting during the year than those ceasing. However, both starts and ceasing were down,” the report states.
Some 28,440 children were taken into care in the year to 31 March 2021, an eight per cent decrease compared to the year ending 31 March 2020.
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