Children Currently Placed in Residential Care

Request

1. How many children are currently placed in residential care by your local authority?
2. Of those, how many are placed in residential care settings located within your local authority boundary?
3. How many registered residential children's homes are currently operating within your local authority boundary?
4. Does the local authority consider there to be a sufficiency need for additional residential children's homes within its boundary?

Decision

1. 103

2. 59

3. 52

4.  Please see the latest Market Position Statement https://professionals.lincolnshire.gov.uk/children%E2%80%99s-commissioning

This is currently under review.

Reference number
13644217
Date request received
3 September 2025
Date of decision
19 September 2025