Statistics release announcement

Notification of private fostering arrangements 2016

Figures on notifications received by local authorities of children cared for and accommodated in private fostering arrangements in England.

Statistics release cancelled

From 2016, we no longer publish statistics on notifications of private fostering arrangements and we’ve closed the private fostering data collection for local authorities. See the government response to the consultation on private fostering for more details: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/private-fostering-arrangement-notifications-planned-revisions