Children's Residential Placements

1. Children's Residential Placements - Contact Details

a) The current contact email address(es) used by the local authority for children's residential placement team.

b) The current contact telephone number(s) used for the same purpose.

2. Commissioning Contacts

a) The contact email address(es) for the Children's Commissioning Team (or equivalent team responsible for commissioning children's residential placements).

b) The relevant contact telephone number(s).

3. Placement Cost Information

Please provide the following:

a) Average weekly cost paid by your authority for a placement in an external/private children's residential home for the current financial year (or most recent period).

b) The average weekly cost for the previous financial year (or equivalent previous period).

1.

a. LCCPlacements@lincolnshire.gov.uk

b. Not applicable - no generic phone number. For Customer Service Centre (Children's Services), call 01522 782111.

2.

a. Childrens_commissioning@lincolnshire.gov.uk (however, for residential children's placements, the email address above is the best one to use).

b. Not applicable - no generic phone number. For Customer Service Centre (Children's Services), call 01522 782111.

3.

a. £8,024 (2025/2026 financial year to date).

b. £8,102 (2024/2025 financial year).