AQW 35950/11-15

Ms Claire Sugden
Independent
East Londonderry

Tabled Date: 15/09/2014
Answered On Date: 19/09/2014
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety to detail the number of children who have been placed in foster care in (i) Northern Ireland; and (ii) East Londonderry, in each of the last three years.

Answer:

Figures on the number of Looked After Children placed in foster care are not available by Constituency. The lowest geographical output available is at Health and Social Care (HSC) Trust area. As the East Londonderry constituency falls within both the Western and Northern HSC Trust areas, figures on the number of children who were placed in foster care have been provided for both Trusts.

Table 1: Children Placed in Foster Care in the Northern HSC Trust, the Western HSC Trust and Northern Ireland at 31 March (2011 – 2013)

Area	2011	2012	2013
	No. Children Placed in Foster Care	No. Children Placed in Foster Care	No. Children Placed in Foster Care
Northern HSC Trust	426	447	510
Western HSC Trust	291	325	350
Northern Ireland	1,862	1,946	2,112

Source: Health and Social Care Board Delegated Statutory Functions Returns