Frank Field – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Frank Field on 2016-01-22.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children are being cared for primarily by their grandparents.

Edward Timpson

The Department does not collect information on the number of grandparents who provide care to their grandchildren.

The Department collects and publishes information about looked-after children who are placed in foster care with a relative or friend. At 31 March 2015, 7910 looked-after children were cared for in these arrangements.