Council Wigan
Performance
Percentage of children in the same placement for at least two years or placed for adoption
2004 - 64% Wigan; 65% England average
2005- 65% Wigan; 64% England average
2006- 59% Wigan; 65% England average
2007- 65% Wigan; 65% England average
2008- 73% Wigan; 67% England average
"There is no magic wand in Wigan," says Tom O'Dwyer, strategic manager for children in care, on the council's steady improvement on placement stability over the past four years. In 2004, 64 per cent of looked-after children had been in the same placement for two years or more or placed for adoption. By 2008, that figure had risen to 73 per cent.
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