evidence: The Department of Health has today published the ‘Children’s Social Care Statistics for Northern Ireland 2021/22’. [...] Children in care - At 31 March 2022, 3,624 children and young people were in care in Northern Ireland. This was the highest number recorded since the introduction of the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995; [...] - This Bulletin is the tenth annual reporting of ‘Children’s Social Care Statistics for NI’ which replaced the ‘Children Order Statistical Tables for NI’ and ‘Children Order Statistical Trends for NI’.