You asked
Can you please provide statistics about how many children are in care by local authority for the West Midlands region. If you could provide stats on how many children are in care for each local authority that would be great:
- Birmingham
- Coventry
- Dudley
- Herefordshire
- Sandwell
- Shropshire
- Solihull
- Staffordshire
- Stroke on Trent
- Telford and Wrekin
- Walsall
- Warwickshire
- Wolverhampton
- Worcestershire
We said
Thank you for your request. Unfortunately, we do not publish statistics on children in care. The following publication by the Department for Education (DfE) may be of use: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-looked-after-children.
DfE can be further contacted at 0370 000 2288 or by filling in their Contact form.