- Request
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Looked After Children
1. How many children are looked after by your council?
2. Out of this, how many are aged 16 or over?
Supported accommodation
3. How many looked after children are currently placed in supported accommodation by your council?
4. Out of this, how many are aged 15 or under?
Unregulated accommodation
5. How many looked after children are currently placed in unregulated accommodation by your council?
6. Out of this, how many are aged 15 or under?
Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children ('UASC')
7. How many UASC are looked after by your council?
8. Out of this, how many are aged 15 or under?
9. How many looked after UASC are currently placed in unregulated accommodation?
10. Out of this, how many are aged 15 or under?
11. How many looked after UASC are currently placed in supported accommodation?
12. Out of this, how many are aged 15 or under?
Secure accommodation / deprivation of liberty orders
13. How many looked after children are currently placed in secure accommodation?
14. Out of this, how many are aged 15 or under?
15. How many looked after children are currently subject to a deprivation of liberty order?
16. Out of this, how many are aged 15 or under?
17. How many looked after children subject to a deprivation of liberty order are currently placed in unregulated accommodation?
18. Out of this, how many are aged 15 or under?
Cost and availability
19. What is the average cost per bed to your council in supported accommodation?
20. What is the average cost per bed to your council in regulated supported accommodation?
21. What is the average cost per bed to your council in unregulated supported accommodation?
22. How many regulated supported accommodation beds are available to your council?
23. What is the average cost per bed to your council in accommodation providing 'care'?
24. What is the average cost per bed to your council in regulated accommodation providing 'care'?
25. What is the average cost per bed to your council in unregulated accommodation providing care?
26. How many beds in regulated accommodation providing 'care' are available to your council?
27. What is the average cost per bed to your council in regulated secure accommodation?
28. How many regulated secure accommodation beds are available to your council?
29. What is the average cost per bed to your council in unregulated placements for children subject to deprivation of liberty orders?
- Decision
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1. 808 at 19/09/2024.
2. 225 at 19/09/2024.
3. 41 plus 69 Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children (UASC).
4. None.
5. One – the provider is in the process of registering with Ofsted
6. One - the provider is in the process of registering with Ofsted
Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children ('UASC')
7. 71.
8. Two.
9. None.
10. None.
11. 69.
12. None.
13. Three
14. One.
15. Two.
16. One.
17. None.
18. Not applicable.
19. £2,459.87 per week in spot purchase accommodation, £893.98 per week in Youth Housing.
20. As above.
21. Not applicable.
22. 72 beds are available within the Council’s commissioned Youth Housing Service and 10 beds within the in-house supported accommodation offer; all other supported accommodation requirements are spot-purchased when needed from the open market, including regulated supported accommodation for UASC via our Closed Ordered List arrangement.
23. Unable to obtain this information in timescales.
24. Average £6,931 per week for spot-purchased residential Children's Home placements.
25. £0.00.
26. LCC have 39 beds in our in-house residential Children's Homes; other regulated accommodated providing care (independent residential provision) is by spot-purchase/individual arrangement depending on needs and number of CYP.
27. Unable to obtain this information in timescales.
28. 12 - other secure placements are sought through the national secure placements mechanism.
29. Not applicable.
- Reference number
- 10884473
- Date request received
- 30 October 2024
- Date of decision
- 26 November 2024