Havering Council's pledge to children in care
Havering Council last reported a significant rise in children in care in July 2025, with numbers increasing by 19%.
The most recent information available regarding Havering Council's pledge to children in care indicates a significant increase in the number of children in its care, which rose by 19% between April 2023 and March 2024. A Corporate Parenting dataset for 2024/25, presented to the Corporate Parenting Panel in July 2025, highlighted this rise. At that time, the council stated that decisions regarding a child entering care are scrutinised for proportionality, and family support networks are leveraged where safe to do so.
The number of children in care increased from 235 on 30 April 2023 to 280 on 31 March 2024, before stabilising between April and August 2024. No further meetings or discussions regarding Havering Council's pledge to children in care have been reported since July 2025.
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