Children's social care charity Become found that at least 1,257 children in care moved homes between 18 December and 3 January, with an average of 79 children being moved per day.
These figures are representative of 96 per cent of local authorities, after 144 or 153 responded to a Freedom Of Information (FOI) requests submitted by Become.
The data provided by local authorities also indicates that some children were moved multiple times during the Christmas period.
There was also a total of 54,620 placement changes in England in 2021/22, which Become says in a driver of instability faced by vulnerable young people in care.
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