Residential family assessment centres

I would be grateful if you could provide responses to the following questions in relation to your local authority's use and commissioning of residential family assessment centres:

1. Does your local authority currently have any residential family assessment centres located within its geographical boundaries?

2. Based on current service demand and strategic planning, does the local authority consider there to be a sufficiency need for a residential family assessment centre?

3. In the last 12 months, how many families have been placed in a residential family assessment centre commissioned or funded by your local authority?

4. Would the local authority be open to wider discussions regarding the potential opening of a residential family assessment centre?

1. Lincolnshire County Council does not hold this information

2. The FOI Act is for recorded information only

3. In the last 12 months (since 1st Sept 2024) we have commissioned 5 placements in independent residential Parent & Child assessment homes

4. The FOI Act is for recorded information only