Most Expensive Residential Care Placement Commissioned in the Past Five Years - Find a freedom of information request

Please can you tell me:

1. What is the most expensive residential care placement you have had to commission for a single child in the past five years? 

a. How much did it cost per week?

b. When was it?

c. How long was it for? 

d. What specialised services were being provided for that cost? 

(eg £10k a week for six months for a 13-year-old girl with autism subject to a deprivation of liberty order who was deemed a danger to herself and others). 

Please indicate if it was a private placement or local authority run provision.

2. How often in the past five years have you had to pay at least £10,000 a week per child? 

a. Please break down the answer by year and;

b. Indicate whether the placements were private or local authority.

1.

a. £15,000.

b. 2020/21 2021/22

c. 63.90 Weeks.

d. Deprivation of liberty order in place - 2:1 Staffing, waking nights staff, intensive therapeutic intervention and support. Placed with a private provider

2.