According to latest information on support provided to care leavers by universities and colleges across England and Scotland, 86 per cent of higher education institutions offer 365-day-a-year accommodation.
That represents a fall of seven percentage points on the figure last year of 93 per cent.
The proportion of universities that have a named contact that care leavers can go to for advice, help and support has also dropped, from 95 per cent in 2013 to 92 per cent this year.
And the number of institutions that contact care leavers once they have been offered a place to let them know what support is available has fallen from 83 per cent to 81 per cent.
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