- Request
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1. The number of foster placements made for children looked after by your local authority, with the council’s own fostering provision (i.e. the number of individual placements made, not the number of individual children placed).
2. The number of foster placements made for children looked after by your local authority, with private or voluntary sector fostering provision (i.e. the number of individual placements made, not the number of individual children placed).
3. The total amount spent on the council’s own fostering provision.
4. The total amount spent on private and voluntary sector fostering provision.
Please provide this information for each of the last five financial years 2018/19, 2017/18, 2016/17, 2015/16, 2014/15.
5. In addition, please provide the names of the three private/voluntary sector fostering providers with whom you have spent the most in the five-year period 2014/15 to 2018/19 inclusive, and the amount spent with each.
- Decision
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1. The number of foster placements made for children looked after by your local authority, with the council's own fostering provision (i.e. the number of individual placements made, not the number of individual children placed).
(In a foster care placement at any time during the period)
(New foster care placements started during the period)
2018/19
791
2018/19
327
2017/18
932
2017/18
426
2016/17
913
2016/17
467
2015/16
892
2015/16
435
2014/15
959
2014/15
493
2. The number of foster placements made for children looked after by your local authority, with private or voluntary sector fostering provision (i.e. the number of individual placements made, not the number of individual children placed).
(In a foster care placement at any time during the period) (New foster care placements started during the period) 2018/19 34 2018/19 7 2017/18 36 2017/18 6 2016/17 50 2016/17 21 2015/16 41 2015/16 19 2014/15 33 2014/15 23 3. The total amount spent on the Council's own fostering provision
2018/19 - £10,071,588
2017/18 - £9,760,752
2016/17 - £9,683,959
2015/16 - £8,969,312
2014/15 - £8,488,053
4. The total spent on private and voluntary sector fostering provision
2018/19 - £635,824
2017/18 - £549,545
2016/17 - £881,329
2015/16 - £910,120
2014/15 - £959,200
5. Provide the names of the 3 private/ voluntary sector fostering providers with whom you have spent the most in the year period 2014/15 and 2018/19 and the amount spent with each
NFA - £1,017,027
FCA - £870,670
Regional Fostering Families - £227,292
This information is provided as requested by OFSTED. As such it is not in total alignment with the information requested by the enquiry.
- Reference number
- FOI0837
- Date request received
- 11 November 2019
- Date of decision
- 06 December 2019