6% of children placed for adoption in the year ending March 2008 (4 per cent in England)
47% of children returned home to live with parents or relatives in the year ending March 2008 (39 per cent in England)
10% of children left care because a residence order had been granted, in the year ending March 2008 (4 per cent in England)
In November 2007 Ofsted said: "The welfare of looked-after children is safeguarded well and they are all allocated to a qualified social worker."
Source: Department for Children, Schools and Families and Ofsted.
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