City of York Council’s boss for children and education said the authority remains “relentlessly ambitious for all young people to be placed with or very close to their family”.
A children's charity has said the care system is "on its knees" and is not meeting the needs of young people.
Figures from the Department for Education show 243 children in care in York as of March – 57 (23 per cent) of whom were placed more than 20 miles from home.
A year earlier 63 of 263 (24 per cent) children were away from home.
Martin Kelly, corporate director of children and education at City of York Council, told The Press: “Within the 23 per cent cohort of young people in care who are living more than 20 miles from the city, 40 per cent are living with their family members, with a small number placed for adoption.
“Although we perform exceptionally well in this area in comparison to the national picture, we remain relentlessly ambitious for all young people to be placed with or very close to their family.”
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