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<p>The Department for Education collects annual data from local authorities on children
who are referred to social care through the children in need census and on children
who start to be looked after through the looked after children collection.</p><p>Figures
for each are published in the Characteristics of children in need: 2016 to 2017 statistical
release at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/characteristics-of-children-in-need-2016-to-2017"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/characteristics-of-children-in-need-2016-to-2017</a>
and in the Children looked after in England including adoption: 2016 to 2017 statistical
release at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2016-to-2017"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2016-to-2017</a>.</p>
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