Children looked after in foster placements at 31 March by local authority and placement type

Data collected from 2003-2021 for all local authorities. This includes:

Isle of Anglesey
Gwynedd
Conwy
Denbighshire
Flintshire
Wrexham
Powys
Ceredigion
Pembrokeshire
Carmarthenshire
Swansea
Neath Port Talbot
Bridgend
Vale of Glamorgan
Cardiff
Rhondda Cynon Taf
Merthyr Tydfil
Caerphilly
Blaenau Gwent
Torfaen
Monmouthshire
Newport”

Response scale for all local authrities (number of children):
Foster placement with relative or friend inside LAData has been rounded to the nearest 5 for disclosure reasons
Placement with other foster carers, provided by LA inside LAData has been rounded to the nearest 5 for disclosure reasons
Placement with other foster carer, arranged through agency inside LA Boundary
Foster placement with relative or friend outside LA Boundary
Placement with other foster carers, provided by LA outside LA Boundary
Placement with other foster carer, arranged through agency outside LA Boundary
Foster placements