Families with disabled children accessing short break services - Find a freedom of information request

1. How many disabled children and young people are in your local authority area?

2. How many families with disabled children accessed short breaks between April 2023 and March 2024 (by family we include disabled children or young people 0-25, or their family member such as their parent carer or sibling).

3. Overview of short break services in your local authority area

4. Of the short break services counted in question 3a and 3b, how many services and places are available by age group.

5. Of the short break services counted in question 3a and 3b, how many services and places are available for family members

6. Ethnicity

a. Of the short break services counted in question 3a and 3b, how many services and places are targeted to families with disabled children or young people from black, asian, or mixed ethnic minority groups.

b) Please could you provide the ethnicity of families using short break services between 1st April 2023 and 31st March 2024

7. Of the short break services counted in question 3a and 3b, how many services and places are available to families with disabled children or young people with the following needs:

8. Of the short break services counted in question 3a and 3b, what type of organisations are commissioned to provide short break services for families with disabled children or young people out of the local authority area:

9. Of the short break services counted in question 3a and 3b, how many services and places are commissioned for families with disabled children or young people out of the local authority area:

10. Of the short break services counted in question 3a and 3b, what times or days are services or places available for families:

11. Of the short break services counted in question 3a and 3b, how many services and places are available only with direct payments:

12. Could you tell us the process you have in place with the services that you commission to monitor or review short break sessions with low attendance.



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