Looked after Children and placements in children's care homes - Find a freedom of information request

1. Please could you supply the name, job title, email address and telephone number of the commissioner with responsibility for Looked After Children (LAC) and/or placements in children's care homes.


For questions 2 through 6, please supply the following information for the financial years 2018/2019 to 2021/2022, and where possible, the budget or most up to date snapshot available for 2022/2023.


2. Please provide the total number of children looked after by the local authority (please include all placements at any point throughout the financial year).


3. Please provide the local authority's total expenditure on placements for looked after children (this is the total spend on all looked after children and should exclude expenses related to travel, social work visits etc).


4. Of the total number of children looked after by the local authority (q.2) please provide the number of placements in children's homes (not including unregulated children's homes, secure units or hostels)


5. Of the total number of children looked after by the local authority in regulated children's homes (q.4) please provide the number placed inside the local authority boundary (in area) and the number placed outside the local authority boundary (out of area). Please exclude unregulated children's homes.


6. Of the number of children looked after by the local authority in regulated children's homes, please provide the number of children looked after by the local authority in:


· In placements inside the local authority boundary, in 'own provision' (operated by the local authority)

· In placements outside the local authority boundary, in 'own provision' (operated by the local authority)

· In placements inside the local authority boundary, in 'private provision' (operated by the independent sector)

· In placements outside the local authority boundary, in 'private provision' (operated by the independent sector)



7. Please provide the highest, average (mean), and lowest weekly fee currently paid for LAC in a regulated children's home (please include all placements in regulated children's homes, including those in and outside of the local authority boundary, as well as those operated by the local authority, the independent sector, and others).

Please see attached for your response.

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