The information is as follows and has also been placed in the House Libraries.
Children in residential care—number 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 England 8,800 8,700 8,600 8,700 8,800 8,700 8,400 8,100 8,100 North East 550 530 500 460 410 410 370 360 360 Darlington 15 15 15 20' 15 15 15 15 15 Durham 70 55 45 55 50 40 35 40 35 Gateshead 55 55 40 40 30 30 25 30 30 Hartlepool 10 15 15 15 10 10 10 10 10 Middlesbrough 40 35 40 45 20 25 25 25 25 Newcastle Upon Tyne 75 75 55 40 45 45 40 50 50 North Tyneside 45 45 50 40 30 30 30 35 30 Northumberland 60 50 50 50 55 65 40 40 40 Redcar and Cleveland 15 20. 15 15 10 10 15 15 20 South Tyneside 45 45 40 30 35 35 35 30 30 Stockton-on-Tees 40 30 35 40 30 30 25 20 25 Sunderland 95 95 90 70 80 70 70 60 50 North West 1,550 1,450 1,440 1,520 1,480 1,450 1,370 1,300 1,230 Blackburn with Darwen 55 40 40 15 25 25 20 20 25 Blackpool 40 15 30 35 45 40 45 40 40 Bolton 35 30 40 45 45 50 50 45 45 Bury 40 40 25 30 35 30 30 25 25 Cheshire 40 50 50 55 60 60 60 65 65 Cumbria 45 40 45 50 40 40 35 40 35 Halton 10 10 5 25 20 20 20 20 20 Knowsley 20 25 35 30 40 30 25 30 25 Lancashire 355 290 265 245 195 190 155 160 160 Liverpool 220 185 160 175 140 90 110 95 85 Manchester 135 125 155 200 235 265 270 250 225 Oldham 60 50 50 45 45 45 45 45 45 Rochdale 35 25 15 25 35 45 35 40 35 Salford 125 130 110 105 100 110 105 95 90 Sefton 65 75 85 120 85 70 65 60 55 St. Helens 55 45 60 45 50 45 45 30 25 Stockport 75 85 65 50 55 55 45 50 50 Tameside 20 25 30 40 40 40 30 30 25 Trafford 30 45 60 45 35 30 25 25 25 Warrington 15 20 15 10 15 15 15 10 10 Wigan 40 30 35 45 60 55 60 50 60 Wirral 35 60 65 95 95 110 75 65 50 Yorkshire and the Humber 1,080 930 950 880 850 810 800 780 780 Barnsley 65 45 55 55 45 40 40 25 30 Bradford 115 85 105 105 100 95 115 105 110 Calderdale 45 30 35 25 35 40 40 50 45 Doncaster 85 105 75 60 55 60 60 55 60 East Riding of Yorkshire 45 40 40 40 40 40 30 35 20 Kingston upon Hull, City of 125 95 105 85 65 55 55 50 50 Kirklees 70 55 65 65 45 40 40 50 55 Leeds 185 165 165 145 170 155 155 150 155 North East Lincolnshire 35 25 20 20 30 25 20 25 20 North Lincolnshire 30 30 25 25 35 25 25 20 20 North Yorkshire 20 20 40 45 45 50 45 45 40 Rotherham 35 40 60 45 25 35 30 30 30 Sheffield 130 100 95 95 90 95 95 85 85 Wakefield 55 60 35 45 45 40 35 35 35 York 35 35 30 25 20 20 10 10 15 East Midlands 520 480 470 490 470 490 480 490 500 Derby 70 60 65 60 50 55 55 55 55 Derbyshire 80 70 55 35 65 70 75 75 70 Leicester 40 30 15 35 55 45 40 45 45 Leicestershire 30 25 40 60 45 55 50 55 55 Lincolnshire 60 50 55 60 75 80 65 65 50 Northamptonshire 105 100 105 85 70 65 85 85 100 Nottingham 65 90 85 90 60 65 65 65 70 Nottinghamshire 60 55 50 55 50 55 45 45 50 Rutland 0 0 0 0 — — — — — West Midlands 910 840 850 980 920 930 970 1,070 1,070 Birmingham 335 280 305 335 280 270 310 355 380 Coventry 40 45 50 55 55 60 65 80 75 Dudley 50 35 30 50 50 60 60 60 60 Herefordshire 30 30 25 20 10 10 15 20 20 Sandwell 30 40 50 55 55 55 65 55 40 Shropshire 35 25 30 45 25 30 35 35 35 Solihull 40 30 40 40 35 40 50 80 105 Staffordshire 100 85 75 115 105 90 100 100 95 Stoke-on-Trent 45 50 65 80 60 70 65 70 60 Telford and Wrekin 35 40 30 25 40 45 35 40 35 Walsall 45 60 60 45 65 60 45 45 40 Warwickshire 20 15 15 30 35 35 25 20 20 Wolverhampton 50 45 30 50 40 50 45 40 45 Worcestershire 60 65 45 45 60 60 60 60 60 East of England 750 740 770 780 780 770 770 700 700 Bedfordshire 65 60 60 55 85 70 60 45 35 Cambridgeshire 40 45 55 45 50 55 80 75 75 Essex 195 175 190 210 200 175 175 160 175 Hertfordshire 145 150 125 125 140 135 140 150 145 Luton 30 35 40 35 40 35 35 35 30 Norfolk 130 115 145 135 110 135 120 115 110 Peterborough 25 30 35 25 35 60 45 40 30 Southend-on-Sea 25 30 30 35 30 35 35 20 20 Suffolk 65 70 70 75 70 60 .60 50 55 Thurrock 25 30 25 30 20 15 15 15 20 London 1,960 2,110 2,090 2,000 2,250 2,170 2,040 1,910 1,790 Inner London 1,070 1,130 1,070 990 1,150 1,170 1,060 940 790 Camden 50 65 60 60 65 70 60 50 50 City Of London 0 0 0 0 10 15 15 15 5 Hackney 60 60 65 60 50 45 50 50 35 Hammersmith and Fulham 45 50 60 50 85 80 65 65 65 Haringey 75 120 160 130 140 140 120 105 95 Islington 170 155 125 115 130 130 90 75 30 Kensington and Chelsea 65 65 45 50 35 35 55 40 45 Lambeth 255 250 200 145 125 145 180 120 75 Lewisham 100 135 120 140 175 150 110 105 95 Newham 40 50 60 85 90 80 60 80 80 Southward 95 60 55 75 75 85 95 90 85 Tower Hamlets 60 50 55 45 70 90 80 60 55 Wandsworth 35 45 35 10 35 25 20 35 35 Westminster 20 30 30 20 60 75 55 40 35 Outer London 890 980 1,010 1,010 1,100 990 980 970 1,000 Barking and Dagenham 60 90 105 85 30 25 30 30 35 Barnet 40 45 65 80 60 70 55 55 55 Bexley 25 20 15 25 10 15 15 10 10 Brent 55 60 90 70 85 100 110 95 75 Bromley 55 75 100 85 65 50 45 40 40 Croydon 50 60 75 100 160 115 150 225 300 Ealing 110 90 70 80 65 50 55 60 50 Enfield 65 65 50 60 60 30 20 25 15 Greenwich 60 80 90 100 105 80 70 70 70 Harrow 25 35 30 25 45 40 40 40 30 Havering 30 25 25 35 35 40 40 25 25 Hillingdon 90 65 60 45 70 60 65 45 50 Hounslow 70 65 50 50 70 75 65 50 70 Kingston upon Thames 35 25 30 25 20 25 30 20 15 Merton 20 30 10 15 25 25 20 15 20 Redbridge 25 25 25 20 30 30 25 45 30 Richmond upon Thames 15 40 40 30 25 25 20 15 10 Sutton 20 20 10 20 25 20 20 15 15 Waltham Forest 40 60 65 65 120 105 105 75 85 South East 920 990 990 910 990 1,030 990 930 1,100 Bracknell Forest 30 25 20 15 15 15 20 20 15 Brighton and Hove 25 45 50 40 35 35 40 45 40 Buckinghamshire 50 55 45 45 60 55 55 60 65 East Sussex 30 30 45 45 45 35 35 35 35 Hampshire 125 135 115 130 135 130 140 140 125 Isle of Wight — — 5 5 10 10 10 15 15 Kent 110 170 150 130 140 190 150 85 240 Medway Towns 20 30 30 30 20 15 15 15 20 Milton Keynes 45 30 35 35 30 35 40 40 40 Oxfordshire 70 70 60 55 60 60 45 45 50 Portsmouth 35 35 55 40 35 35 30 30 35 Reading 50 35 30 30 20 20 20 20 20 Slough 25 30 20 20 15 30 35 40 30 Southampton 20 15 30 20 30 35 30 30 25 Surrey 125 130 140 125 155 170 140 135 140 West Berkshire 30 20 15 15 15 20 20 15 15 West Sussex 85 90 120 90 130 115 130 115 150 Windsor and Maidenhead 20 25 20 25 20 15 15 25 20 Wokingham 25 20 15 15 10 15 20 25 15 South West 570 580 590 620 630 630 570 580 570 Bath and North East Somerset 5 15 20 25 20 15 10 15 5 Bournemouth 35 35 40 30 30 30 30 25 30 Bristol, City of 75 50 60 75 85 80 70 70 65 Cornwall 70 80 75 70 65 60 60 65 55 Devon 75 70 75 100 85 80 95 105 110 Dorset 20 25 15 20 35 40 40 40 35 Gloucestershire 65 70 75 70 65 55 35 40 35 Isles Of Scilly 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 North Somerset 15 20 10 10 15 10 10 10 5 Plymouth 35 40 30 30 45 35 25 25 20 Poole 15 15 15 25 15 15 10 10 10 Somerset 85 75 65 50 60 75 65 70 65 South Gloucestershire 20 15 15 20 30 30 25 25 25 Swindon 15 20 30 30 15 25 25 15 15 Torbay 15 15 15 25 25 15 15 20 20 Wiltshire 30 25 45 35 45 55 60 50 60 1. Figures exclude children looked after under an agreed series of short term placements. 2. Children in residential care include children looked after and placed in secure unit, children placed in homes and hostels subject to children’s homes regulations, children placed in residential accommodation (hostels and supportive residential settings) not subject to children’s homes regulations, children placed in residential settings and children in all residential schools, except where dual-registered as a school and children’s home. 3. Figures are taken from the SSDA903 return which for 2000 to 2003 have been derived from the one third sample, while figures for 2004 to 2008 cover all children looked after. 4. Rounding and suppression—to ensure that no individual can be identified from statistical tables, we use conventions for rounding and suppression of very small numbers. England totals have been rounded to the nearest 100 if they exceed 1,000 and to the nearest 10 otherwise. Regional totals have been rounded to the nearest 10. All other numbers have been rounded to the nearest five, and numbers from one to five inclusive have been suppressed, being replaced in the published table by a hyphen (—). Source: SSDA 903