evidence: The North East of England has the highest child in care rate per 10,000 of children under 18 years in England, at 113.00. The England average is 71.00 and the lowest rate is outer London, at 46.00. [...] As a local authority practitioner I have been acutely aware of the increasing child in care population across both the country and specifically in the North East region, and also of the poverty rates across the country, so the data I saw during my research did not come as a surprise to me. [...] The children in care population is continuing to rise and the need for life story work and other interventions to help improve outcomes for these children and young people will also continue to increase.