Kinship care.

I heard mention of a new report this morning that's been compiled by Bristol University.

It's examining how many children are looked after by family members other than their parents.

The full report is available online and is called Spotlight on Kinship Care.

The data comes from the 2001 Census which at present is the most up to date statistics available to compile this kind of report. What it almost certainly means though is that the number of households where children do not live with parents will have increased from the figures presented.