Some 41 per cent (11,352) of children in care are placed at least 20 miles away from home with 2,075 living 100 miles from home and 963 over 150 miles away, commissioner Anne Longfield warned in a report highlighting the trend of children in care being “moved out of area”.
The number of children living out of their area has risen by 13 per cent since 2014, Longfield warns.
Children moved “out of area” often need to be kept safe from criminal gangs or sexual predators who pose a serious threat to them, the report says.
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