Number of Children/Young People aged 0-18 recorded as Child in Need - Find a freedom of information request

Request

Information request - 1: From the 1st September 2014 to 15th May 2024 by calendar or academic year:

a)    Number of Children/Young People aged 0-18 recorded as Child in Need.

Information request - 2: From the 1st September 2014 to 15th May 2024 by calendar or academic year:

a)    Number of Children/Young People aged 0-18 subject to Child Protection arrangements/plans.

Information request - 3: From the 1st September 2014 to 15th May 2024 by calendar or academic year:

a)    Number of Children/Young People aged 0-18 in residential care and foster care with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities.

Information request - 4: From the 1st September 2014 to 15th May 2024 by calendar or academic year:

a)    Number of Children/Young People aged 0-18 in Local Authority care with an EHCP.

Information request - 5: From the 1st September 2014 to 15th May 2024 by calendar or academic year:

a)    Number of Children/Young People aged 0-18 in Local Authority care with an EHCP.

Information request - 6: From the 1st September 2014 to 15th May 2024 by calendar or academic year:

a)    Total cost of looked after Children/Young People aged 0-18 in residential care facilities.

b)    Total cost of looked after Children/Young People aged 0-18 in Foster Care placements.

c)    Total cost of looked after Children/Young People aged 0-18 under a Special Guardianship Order.

d)    Total cost of looked after Children/Young People aged 0-18 under a Child Arrangement Order.

e)    Total cost of looked after Children/Young People aged 0-18 in 52-week residential school placement.

Decision

I can confirm that the information requested is held by Lincolnshire County Council. I have detailed below the information that is being released to you.

 1.a)

Year

No.

2014

 

2015

 

2016

 

2017

9629

2018

8993

2019

8998

2020

8978

2021

8472

2022

9083

2023

9515

2024

6681

 Data not available before 2017 due to the new Case Management system being introduced in January 2017      

2.a)

Year

No.

2014

537

2015

892

2016

886

2017

924

2018

754

2019

813

2020

893

2021

817

2022

882

2023

877

2024

595

 3.a)

Year

No.

2014

240

2015

259

2016

285

2017

305

2018

291

2019

281

2020

286

2021

277

2022

272

2023

249

2024

205

 4.a)

Year

No.

2014

199

2015

237

2016

253

2017

292

2018

277

2019

274

2020

289

2021

279

2022

279

2023

272

2024

233

 5.a) Data not available before 2017 due to the new Case Management system being introduced in January 2017       

Year

No.

2014

 

2015

 

2016

 

2017

4609

2018

5115

2019

5909

2020

6582

2021

6925

2022

7466

2023

8394

2024

8263

6. Please find table attached 

 Should you require the attachment mentioned above please contact customerinformationservice@lincolnshire.gov.uk with the below reference number and this can be provided

Reference number
FOI 9696617
Date request received
24/05/24
Date of decision
26/06/24