Children Accommodated to Independent Children Home Providers

Please can you detail the weekly cost you currently pay for children accommodated to independent children home providers for the following:



1) Children's Home - (maximum and minimum weekly cost).

2) Children's Home - standard 3 bed Accommodation (maximum and minimum weekly cost).

3) Children's Home with therapy (maximum and minimum weekly cost).

4) Children's Home with education (maximum and minimum weekly cost).

5) Children's Home with Therapy and Education (maximum and minimum weekly cost).

6) Children's Home Emergency Accommodation (maximum and minimum weekly cost).

7) How many residential children home (new) placements did you make in 2022-2026?

8) How many of these were placed within your LA?

9) How many within 20 miles from your boundary?

10) How many further than 20 miles from your boundary?

11) How many of the residential children's home placements were made through a framework?

12) How many were spot purchase?

The weekly cost Lincolnshire currently pays for children accommodated to independent children home providers is detailed below, where this information is available:

1) The overall highest weekly fee paid during the 2025/2026 financial year for all commissioned children’s residential placements across all packages and homes was £23,362 and the overall lowest weekly fee paid was £3,956.

2), 3), 4), 5) and 6) It is not possible to provide the maximum and minimum weekly cost for standard 3 bed accommodation, Children’s Home with Therapy, Children’s Home with education, Children’s Home with Therapy and Education and Children’s Home Emergency Accommodation as we do not hold that level of information. The overall highest and lowest weekly fee paid across all commissioned children’s residential placements across all packages and homes is provided in the response to question

1). 7) and 8) 154 new residential children home placements were made between 2022-2026 of which 82 were placed within Lincolnshire Local Authority.

9) and 10) It is not possible to provide information on how many placements were made within 20 miles of or further than 20 miles from the boundary of Lincolnshire as this information is not recorded.

11) and 12) All placements are purchased via the Council’s Open Select List.