Rise in secure children’s home placement numbers following long decline

Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll.There has been a rise in the number of looked-after children placed in secure homes on welfare grounds over the past year, following several years of decline, according to Department for Education (DfE) figures.
However, the number placed in the settings remains far below the number made subject to High Court deprivation of liberty (DoL) orders, who are often placed in unregistered provision