FOI Ref: FOI/2021/3333​

You asked

Please supply how many residential homes there are for children (5-18) in the UK, ideally by region.

Please supply the total numbers of homes by county and the numbers of children supported, where this is possible.

We said

Thank you for your Freedom of Information request for the number of residential homes for children aged 5 to 18 in the United Kingdom.

Unfortunately, we do not hold the information you require.

However, you may find the following link to Ofsted statistics useful. In particular Table 1: The number of children's homes and the residential special schools registered as children's homes and the number of places as at 31 March 2019 by region.