Looked After Children under the care of the council

1. How many Looked After Children under the care of your council were placed between 31st December 2023 and 16th May 2024:

a) Outside the council's boundary and more than 20 miles away from home?

b) Outside the council's boundary and more than 50 miles away from home?

c) Outside the council's boundary and more than 100 miles away from home?

2. How many Looked After Children's residential care placements (both external and in-house) were costing more than £10,000 per week as between 31st December 2023 and 16th May 2024 (whether you were paying for it standalone or in combination with health partners)?

3. Between 31st December 2023 and 16th May 2024, what was the highest weekly cost of a Looked After Child's residential care placement that your council was paying for standalone (i.e. no other partner organisations such as Health were contributing towards it)?

4. Between 31st December 2023 and 16th May 2024, what was the highest weekly cost of a Looked After Child's residential care placement that your council was contributing to with other partners such as Health?

5. In relation to both questions 2, 3 and 4, what were the names of the residential care homes where the Looked After Children were residing?

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 38

- All placements of children in care between the requested period;

- Excludes UASC;

- 'More than 20 miles' also includes placements in the 'More than 50 miles' & 'More than 100 miles' categories

b.19

- All placements of children in care between the requested period;

- Excludes UASC;

- 'More than 20 miles' also includes placements in the 'More than 50 miles' & 'More than 100 miles' categories

c. 13

- All placements of children in care between the requested period;

- Excludes UASC

2. 4 in total (3 standalone and 1 combined)

3. £17,823.94

4. N/A- commission our own residential care placements

5. This personal information is exempt from disclosure under section 40(2) which, by virtue of section 40(3)(a)(i) ), allows a public authority to withhold information from a response to a request under the Freedom of Information Act when the information requested is personal data relating to someone other than the requestor, and its disclosure would contravene one of the Data Protection principles.