Lead supervisor:
Prof Jonathan Scourfield 
Start date: October 2013
Award: General
Subject Pathway:
Social Care, Social Work and Social Policy
Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster
An analysis of the backgrounds of children entering public care (looked-after children) in Wales
The intention of the research is to explore through the use of quantitative analysis, the variations in numbers of children ‘looked-after’, both between Welsh local authorities and between England and Wales.