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<p>The transparency data ‘Looked after children in independent or semi-independent
placements’ was initially published on 12 February 2020, alongside independent research
commissioned by the department into the use of unregulated and unregistered provision
for children in care. The documents can be found here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/864075/Looked_after_children_in_independent_or_semi-independent_placements_Feb_2020.pdf"
target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/864075/Looked_after_children_in_independent_or_semi-independent_placements_Feb_2020.pdf</a>
and here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/use-of-unregulated-and-unregistered-provision-for-children-in-care"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/use-of-unregulated-and-unregistered-provision-for-children-in-care</a>.</p><p>These
publications provided important context to the government consultation ‘Reforms to
unregulated provision for children in care and care leavers’ which was published on
the same date, and asked for views on proposals to reform the use of this provision.
This publication is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/unregulated-provision-for-children-in-care-and-care-leavers"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/unregulated-provision-for-children-in-care-and-care-leavers</a>.
This transparency data was an ad-hoc release and, as confirmed in the report, will
not be produced annually.</p><p> </p><p>The department published a further suite of
transparency data on 19 February 2021, available here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/960067/Looked_after_children_aged_under_16_in_unregulated_placements.pdf"
target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/960067/Looked_after_children_aged_under_16_in_unregulated_placements.pdf</a>.
This provided details on the use of independent and semi-independent accommodation
specifically for children under the age of 16 and was published to assist local authorities
to prepare for a ban on the placement of under 16s in these placements from 9 September
2021. This was also an ad-hoc release and, as confirmed in the report, will not be
produced annually.</p><p> </p><p>The looked after children in independent and semi-independent
settings data that is published annually by the department is available here: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoptions/2020"
target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoptions/2020</a>.</p>
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