Figures published by the Department for Education last month show the number of children in local authority care in England rose by 2% from 65, 520 last year to 67, 050 this year.
Once places reserved for those in local authority care and siblings of existing pupils have been allocated - the majority of schools allocate places on the basis of proximity to the school.
Crossbencher the Earl of Listowel claimed that "half of children in the juvenile estate" had experience of local authority care, and called for a review of "services for looked-after children" including those in children's homes.
"As a trust we are continuing to take a leading role in working with the strategic health authority, local primary care trusts and other providers to improve partnership working and commissioning services, " he said.
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The local health authority responsible for commissioning her care also opposed the application, saying the 52-year-old's life was "not without positive elements".
The report argues that although these children's backgrounds are similar to those of children in the care system, local authority children's services often refuse to help, regarding these as essentially private arrangements.
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Crawford's collection is in the care of Western Isles local authority, Comhairle nan Eilean Siar.
Mick Davis is one of 3, 500 elderly people in Swindon who have their care paid for by the local authority.
It is one is of 50 care companies used by the local authority, which launched a joint investigation with the CQC in the wake of Ms Taylor's death.
Anthony Collins Solicitors said the family had submitted a claim against the local authority, alleging it owed a duty of care to the children and that "the negligence of Birmingham City Council's social services and its refusal to act played a key part in the longevity of the abuse".
Mr Hill welcomed this pledge but said he was concerned that the money had not been ring-fenced, and with reductions to local authority budgets, there was a risk that social care and support services would still see cuts.
Officials say 80 local authority areas met the interim thresholds (of 21 months from entering care to adoption and matching a child to a family within seven months of a court order being made), but 72 did not meet one or both of these.
As well as concerns about the dignity of older clients, some 70% of respondents to the survey "expressed a lack of confidence that local authority-funded older clients always received the right quantity and quality of social care".
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The opening of a new overnight respite care unit for disabled children has been put on hold by a local authority.
Following that incident local authority bosses started legal action with a view to removing all three children from their parents' care.
John Jackson, director for social care and community services at Oxfordshire County Council, said the Conservative-led local authority wanted to tackle the need for patients going into hospital in the first place.
Mrs Polwaski was speaking to BBC Radio Cornwall following the release of The Children in Care and Adoption Performance Tables by the Department for Education which shows how each local authority is performing.
"Following a meeting with a family member when we were recently made aware of incidents of poor care relating to a resident at one of our care homes, we immediately referred the matter to the police and informed all relevant local authority teams, " said the spokesman.
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In Scotland, personal care is free for those over the age of 65 who have been assessed by the local authority as needing it.
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