Looked After Children, Placement Types, Costs, and Edge of Care Services

Re: Freedom of Information Request: Looked After Children, Placement Types, Costs, and Edge of Care Services



Please provide annual data for the years 2022, 2023, 2024, and

up to and including 1 August 2025 in relation to children and young people looked after by your local authority.

 

Number of Looked After Children 

1.1) The total number of looked after children for each calendar year.

1.2) Please provide the number of children in care on 31 March of each year

1.3) also the total number of children who came into care in that year

1.4) and the total number of children who left care in that year

1.5) Please can you provide a breakdown of the number of children on 31 March for each year by both gender and by age 



Placement Type Breakdown

2.1 For the above figures, please provide a breakdown by placement type for each year:

In-house foster placements Independent Fostering Agency (IFA) placementsResidential placements Emergency/crisis residential placements 



Unregistered Placements

3.1 The number of placements made in unregistered settings during each year of the same period.

3.2 For each year please provide information for the longest period a child was placed in an unregistered placement

 

Residential Placement Costs

 4.1 Please provide the following cost-related data for all residential placements in each year:

- The average cost per residential placement by type  ( crisis/emergency, secure, etc)

- The highest cost placement made in each year (please provide the cost and placement type if available) 



Edge of Care Services

5.1 Does your local authority operate an Edge of Care service (i.e., a targeted intervention to prevent children from becoming looked after)? 



5.2 If yes, please indicate how many children or young people the service believes it has diverted from entering care for each year: 2022, 2023, 2024, and up to 1 August 2025. 

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. 

1.1-5. Please see attached document.

2.1 Please see attached document.

3.1-2  Please see attached document. Please note that the unit of measurement for the answers to 3.2 is days.

4.1

Should you require the attachments mentioned above please contact customerinformationservice@lincolnshire.gov.uk with the below reference number and this can be provided.

5.1-2 Please see attached document.