evidence: Nearly 70,000 children live with over 53,000 foster families across the UK. This is nearly three-quarters of the 100,437 children in care away from home on any one day in the UK. [...] - This is 68% per cent of the 83,840 children in care looked after away from home. [...] - There are approximately 2,827 foster families in Northern Ireland, and there is always a need for more foster families.