(2) when he will reply to question number 133507, on children in care, tabled by the hon. Member for North West Cambridgeshire on 18 April 2007.
The information requested is shown in the following table.
Number 19972 19983 19993 20003 2001 3 20023 20033 20042 20052 20062 England 6,100 7,100 7,200 7,700 7,000 7,400 8,100 7,500 7,700 7,600 North East 320 390 370 450 350 460 450 450 440 470 Darlington 10 35 20 15 30 25 35 20 20 20 Durham 35 40 80 75 35 60 100 100 80 65 Gateshead 30 45 45 40 30 25 55 25 25 55 Hartlepool 15 15 35 35 30 15 15 25 20 15 Middlesbrough 15 15 10 25 20 30 20 40 35 30 Newcastle upon Tyne 25 20 25 45 45 55 35 55 40 45 North Tyneside 25 25 15 35 30 20 15 20 15 35 Northumberland 25 50 20 20 20 60 60 45 55 45 Redcar and Cleveland 15 25 10 15 20 45 30 10 25 35 South Tyneside 30 40 30 20 30 35 40 40 35 45 Stockton-on-Tees 20 30 30 40 15 30 20 45 25 35 Sunderland 70 50 55 75 50 65 35 35 60 40 North West 1,000 1,130 1,170 1,310 1,070 1,260 1,200 1,260 1,330 1,260 Blackburn with Darwen 25 60 30 15 45 50 35 50 50 55 Blackpool 25 25 35 40 30 30 20 25 35 35 Bolton 35 50 35 40 20 60 30 55 70 45 Bury 15 15 30 30 30 45 25 45 45 30 Cheshire 35 50 65 55 60 25 55 35 45 55 Cumbria 45 60 85 90 60 135 105 65 50 60 Halton 10 10 15 40 20 25 10 15 15 15 Knowsley 20 10 20 35 25 15 20 35 45 20 Lancashire 175 185 130 150 105 145 200 160 210 205 Liverpool 90 60 120 135 115 75 55 80 40 50 Manchester 200 245 200 180 175 200 185 170 195 205 Oldham 25 35 30 50 45 40 40 45 55 55 Rochdale 20 30 45 60 15 30 35 60 40 30 Salford 75 60 50 100 70 55 65 70 75 70 Sefton 25 35 40 35 30 20 70 35 45 75 St. Helens 20 25 10 30 30 45 10 30 40 60 Stockport 35 25 80 55 65 55 45 60 55 40 Tameside 20 20 20 20 20 8 30 50 55 60 25 Trafford 20 40 15 25 45 40 25 20 25 15 Warrington 15 15 — 25 — 20 15 25 15 5 Wigan 45 40 60 40 20 35 30 70 50 50 Wirral 15 35 45 65 55 100 65 55 65 65 Yorkshire and the Humber 850 920 950 1,060 920 940 990 840 920 760 Barnsley 25 70 40 45 65 35 40 45 40 35 Bradford 80 70 120 110 130 115 110 115 120 90 Calderdale 30 20 20 35 20 35 30 30 35 20 Doncaster 65 60 50 110 45 80 50 70 85 80 East Riding of Yorkshire 45 40 25 40 25 35 35 10 50 30 Kingston Upon Hull, City of 95 145 90 55 45 70 95 40 45 60 Kirklees 45 40 45 85 50 50 50 60 55 55 Leeds 190 210 180 205 180 180 220 205 200 130 North East Lincolnshire 40 25 50 45 30 40 20 25 25 10 North Lincolnshire 15 15 45 10 — 20 35 25 20 25 North Yorkshire 45 35 50 45 55 35 60 35 55 45 Rotherham 40 40 30 55 70 35 55 45 65 40 Sheffield 65 60 100 130 125 125 110 55 60 70 Wakefield 60 85 75 35 30 65 70 55 35 50 York 20 — 25 40 30 20 15 25 20 20 East Midlands 460 590 640 610 610 550 550 490 470 450 Derby 60 50 45 45 50 20 40 30 30 35 Derbyshire 30 80 110 115 80 100 80 70 75 50 Leicester 45 70 50 80 105 70 70 80 70 65 Leicestershire 25 20 45 50 35 65 60 40 35 40 Lincolnshire 105 120 165 65 105 85 75 75 70 60 Northamptonshire 65 60 70 100 60 105 85 105 95 115 Nottingham 55 110 90 85 60 65 65 55 40 20 Nottinghamshire 70 85 70 55 105 40 70 30 50 60 Rutland 0 0 0 — 5 0 0 — — — West Midlands 660 930 940 810 820 920 1,060 800 890 910 Birmingham 185 420 360 260 225 265 280 190 250 255 Coventry 50 40 50 75 55 55 55 60 70 65 Dudley 55 55 55 65 55 70 75 45 75 55 Herefordshire 15 25 35 30 20 15 20 30 15 10 Sandwell 60 40 65 50 60 70 85 80 55 80 Shropshire 5 5 10 10 15 40 25 15 35 15 Solihull 15 10 30 20 30 30 20 25 30 25 Staffordshire 60 65 60 80 70 65 105 80 85 125 Stoke-on-Trent 30 65 55 45 40 55 85 60 65 50 Telford and Wrekin 5 10 10 — 35 10 20 15 5 20 Walsall 25 50 50 50 45 75 110 55 55 70 Warwickshire 20 30 15 15 20 70 35 40 35 35 Wolverhampton 50 50 50 25 65 35 50 65 45 45 Worcestershire 80 55 100 90 90 65 90 45 65 50 East of England 640 620 580 710 630 690 680 680 690 650 Bedfordshire 15 30 30 45 50 70 45 50 25 15 Cambridgeshire 55 50 45 40 30 35 30 50 55 50 Essex 165 135 120 220 105 115 155 160 200 170 Hertfordshire 115 135 105 120 110 100 105 135 80 110 Luton 40 5 30 20 55 55 90 50 40 25 Norfolk 55 65 60 75 135 160 110 100 135 105 Peterborough 40 60 25 95 20 30 20 25 40 40 Southend-on-Sea 50 25 50 20 30 35 20 20 40 30 Suffolk 65 90 85 50 85 75 95 60 55 100 Thurrock 30 10 20 20 10 15 15 30 15 15 London 960 1,070 1,170 1,220 1,200 1,310 1,740 1,540 1,550 1,570 Inner London 440 530 570 600 590 660 920 860 790 810 Camden 30 30 45 40 60 85 95 85 60 75 City of London 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — Hackney 30 40 60 50 45 20 45 70 65 45 Hammersmith and Fulham 15 30 25 40 40 50 70 40 35 45 Haringey 15 15 45 40 75 75 120 100 70 90 Islington 35 40 40 50 25 50 45 55 45 60 Kensington and Chelsea 15 20 35 35 30 35 30 45 30 30 Lambeth 50 45 50 50 50 50 45 65 80 65 Lewisham 35 40 40 65 40 40 65 85 80 65 Newham 45 50 75 75 65 75 140 85 60 100 Southwark 45 75 45 25 50 70 60 75 90 85 Tower Hamlets 70 65 30 45 30 45 40 60 85 75 Wandsworth 35 40 35 40 50 30 70 60 50 35 Westminster 25 45 50 40 30 35 95 40 40 45 Outer London 520 550 600 610 610 650 820 680 770 760 Barking and Dagenham 20 10 35 30 15 45 80 55 60 40 Barnet 25 20 25 30 65 45 80 65 60 55 Bexley 30 20 35 25 15 40 15 10 25 25 Brent 85 40 80 30 60 40 50 65 55 70 Bromley 15 35 35 20 40 30 50 55 35 20 Croydon 50 65 40 70 20 25 45 30 50 40 Ealing 55 60 65 65 55 45 70 55 75 70 Enfield 30 5 25 15 25 45 75 40 60 45 Greenwich 35 60 75 70 70 95 75 65 70 85 Harrow 5 25 30 40 35 10 20 20 30 15 Havering 5 — 15 20 20 5 20 20 20 35 Hillingdon 20 30 5 45 20 15 20 30 40 55 Hounslow 35 35 20 40 70 45 55 60 50 85 Kingston upon Thames — 20 — 10 — 10 5 10 15 10 Merton 20 25 20 15 25 40 35 15 30 15 Redbridge 45 45 20 25 10 35 30 15 15 20 Richmond upon Thames 10 25 25 15 5 5 15 10 15 10 Button 20 — 10 25 10 15 10 10 35 15 Waltham Forest 10 20 35 30 50 50 70 40 30 50 South East 820 950 900 1,000 950 780 990 880 910 900 Bracknell Forest — — 25 5 — — 5 5 10 5 Brighton and Hove 40 70 65 30 35 55 105 60 60 85 Buckinghamshire 20 15 45 30 45 40 40 50 20 20 East Sussex 45 45 75 80 80 80 80 65 80 70 Hampshire 70 150 150 140 125 90 115 95 130 105 Isle of Wight 30 10 — 60 20 20 10 15 — 15 Kent 125 210 165 195 205 170 170 165 210 160 Medway Towns 55 60 50 45 35 15 55 60 30 40 Milton Keynes 35 65 35 30 15 25 55 30 45 35 Oxfordshire 100 40 60 60 75 35 65 50 65 85 Portsmouth 40 45 20 15 55 25 30 35 35 30 Reading 15 — 5 15 5 25 25 25 15 30 Slough 10 5 — 20 10 10 15 — 15 20 Southampton 50 65 60 85 85 40 45 30 25 20 Surrey 75 60 60 75 60 55 70 130 90 75 West Berkshire 20 — 20 5 5 — 15 10 10 — West Sussex 75 85 50 90 85 80 85 55 60 85 Windsor and Maidenhead — 5 10 10 0 0 5 10 — — Wokingham 5 10 — — 5 — — — — 10 South West 450 500 550 530 480 510 520 600 540 630 Bath and North East Somerset 10 10 20 10 15 15 10 10 5 30 Bournemouth 25 55 35 30 45 30 40 20 15 20 Bristol, City of 55 60 85 40 35 30 65 85 105 90 Cornwall 65 75 60 75 60 50 70 100 60 95 Devon 65 45 100 100 80 65 65 80 80 55 Dorset 25 15 20 20 25 10 10 10 20 20 Gloucestershire 45 35 35 55 55 70 35 45 30 55 Isles of Scilly 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 North Somerset 30 20 15 25 25 — 5 35 10 25 Plymouth 30 40 45 45 30 40 55 40 45 30 Poole 10 30 15 15 10 25 20 10 — 10 Somerset 35 30 35 25 50 65 60 55 55 85 South Gloucestershire 15 25 10 20 15 25 30 30 10 20 Swindon 10 10 15 — 5 10 5 20 25 35 Torbay 15 25 25 30 20 25 30 25 25 25 Wiltshire 15 35 35 30 15 40 15 35 45 40 1 Figures exclude children looked after under an agreed series of short term placements. 2 Figures are taken from the SSDA903 return which in 1996-97, 2003-04, 2004-05 and 2005-06 covered all looked after children. 3 Figures are taken from the SSDA903 one-third sample survey. 4 Only the first occasion on which a child was taken into care in the year has been counted. 5 “Children taken into care” are children who started to be looked after under the following legal statuses: interim or full care orders, and police protection or emergency protection or child assessment orders. They exclude children freed for adoption or for whom a placement order was granted, they exclude children under voluntary accommodation and they also exclude children under youth justice legal statuses. 6 Historical figures may differ from older publications. This is mainly due to the implementation of amendments sent by some local authorities after the publication date of previous materials. 7 To maintain the confidentiality of each individual child, data at national level are rounded to the nearest 100 if they exceed 1,000 or to the nearest 10 otherwise. At local authority level, data are rounded to the nearest five and at region level, to the nearest 10. Where the number was five or less (other than 0) this has been suppressed and replaced with ‘—’.