Foster carers/families

Third City would like to request the following data under the Freedom of Information Act.

1. How many foster carers/families do you currently need in your Local Authority area?

2. Of the carers identified in Q1, how many are needed to support children from the following groups:

● Different ethnicities

● Different faiths/religions

● Children with disabilities For ease, we have provided a table below for completion.

If you do not hold data in the exact format or categories requested, please provide it in the format available.

Group Carers needed

Ethnicity

White (including White British, Irish, Other White)

Mixed/Multiple ethnic groups

Asian/Asian British (Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Chinese, Other Asian)

Black/Black British (African, Caribbean, Other Black)

Other ethnic group (Arab, any other ethnic group)

Religion/Faith

Christian

Muslim

Hindu

Sikh

Jewish

Buddhist

Other religion

Disability

Children recorded as having a disability

3. Please confirm the number of children and young people in foster care placements in your Local Authority area during the following years:

Year Total aggregate number 2024 (1 January to 31 December) 2025 (1 January to 30 September)

4. Please confirm the number of children in foster care placements within your Local Authority for the years 2024 (to 31 December) and 2025 (to 30 September) broken down by:

● Ethnicity

● Religion/faith

● Disability status For ease, we have provided a table below for completion.

If you do not hold data in the exact format or categories requested, please provide it in the format available.

Group

2024 (1 Jan to 31 Dec)

2025 (1 Jan to 30 Sept)

Ethnicity

1. 30

2. This information is not held as this relates to potential new entrants to care and is to support placement sufficiency

3. 2024 (1 January to 31 December) - 760

    2025 (1 January to 30 September) – 722

4.