Deaths in Unregistered Children's Homes

 Please note: the Information Commissioner (IC) has made clear in previous cases that low/small numbers should not be suppressed without good reason. In IC-317971-V7G7 the IC ordered a council to disclose figures, which were below 5, showing the number of children sent to secure children's homes annually. It noted: "if a person were able to identify the child or children involved, it would be because they already knew that the child or children in question had been sent to a secure children's home. Such a person would learn nothing from the withheld information that they didn't already know."

 

Please can you help with the following? I would be grateful if you could use the two tabs in the attached spreadsheet or your own spreadsheet to answer the questions.  



1. How many looked-after children died in unregistered children's homes in each of the following years: 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24 and 2024/25? Please use the attached spreadsheet.



2. What were the ages of the looked-after children who died in unregistered children's homes: under 5, under 10, under 16 or aged 16 and 17? Please use the attached spreadsheet.



3. How many serious harm incidents (where abuse or neglect was known or suspected) took place in unregistered children's homes in each of the following years: 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24 and 2024/25? Please use the attached spreadsheet.



4. What were the ages of the looked-after children who were seriously harmed (where abuse or neglect was known or suspected) while living in unregistered children's homes: under 5, under 10, under 16 or aged 16 and 17? Please use the attached spreadsheet.

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. 0

2. Not Applicable

3. 0

4. Not Applicable