The statistics show that 32 per cent of all older teenagers in care live in independent or semi-independent accommodation which does not provide care.
Of these 5,890 16- and 17-year-olds, 37 per cent moved into a semi-independent placement in their first week of being in care in the year to 31 March 2021.
Some 32 per cent moved into independent accommodation within a week of entering care in the same time period.
The statistics, which are released by the Department for Education on an ad-hoc basis, show that the figures are slightly lower than those reported in 2019 with 39 and 37 per cent of children of all ages moving into semi-independent and independent accommodation within a week of entering care respectively.
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