Children Centres and Women's Refuges

Children's services

1. How many staff were employed at children's centres and family hubs operated, overseen or commissioned by your council in the financial year

a) 2010/2011 b) 2015/2016 b) 2020/2021 c) 2024/2025?

2.How many Full-time equivalent (FTE) staff were employed by your council to deliver child and adolescent mental health services in the financial years

a) 2010/2011 b) 2015/2016 c) 2020/2021 d) 2024/2025?

Women's Refuges

3. How many women's refuges did your local council directly provide in the financial years a) 2010/2011 b) 2015/2016 c) 2020/2021 d) 2024/2025?

4. How many women's refuges provided by external organisations did your council provide funding for in the financial years a) 2010/2011 b) 2015/2016 c) 2020/2021 d) 2024/2025?

5. How much funding for women's refuges provided by external organisations did your council provide in the financial years a) 2010/2011 b) 2015/2016 c) 2020/2021 d) 2024/2025?

6. How many FTE staff were employed by your council to deliver domestic abuse services and victim support in a) 2010/2011 b) 2015/2016 c) 2020/2021 d) 2024/2025?

1. In accordance with the Council’s Retention Policy, information for commissioned services is only retained for the current year plus six years. Commissioning - children's and family services – Lincolnshire County Council - https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lincolnshire.gov.uk%2Fdirectory-record%2F65598%2Fcommissioning-children-s-and-family-services&data=05%7C02%7CCarly.Kasi%40lincolnshire.gov.uk%7Cf71a389284484b53675608de423933ef%7Cb4e05b92f8ce46b59b2499ba5c11e5e9%7C0%7C0%7C639021010603303320%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=SlzPPfrv1rFu2JQKqrzaZeWMGCx1XQDnU94aSq7mCWU%3D&reserved=0

Therefore, we are unable to provide information in relation to 2010/2011 and 2015/2016.

The information that we do have available for 2024/2025 and 2020/2021 is as below (estimated):

2024/2025 – 198

2020/2021 - 214

2.

a) 2010/2011 – 0

b) 2015/2016 – 0

c) 2020/2021 – 0

d) 2024/2025 – 0

3. None, all refuges were commissioned by Lincolnshire County Council (LCC) but delivered by external providers.

4.

b) 2015/2016 – Two refuge buildings- Lincoln and East Lindsey + four total dispersed units

c) 2020/2021- Two refuge buildings- Lincoln and Louth + four dispersed houses.

d) 2024/2025 – Three refuge buildings- Lincoln, Louth and Boston  + eight dispersed houses and four move on units.

5.

b) 2015/2016 – £195,649.92  (Lincoln Contract £133,999.92, East Lindsey Contract - £61,650)

c) 2020/2021 -  £210,647.6

d) 2024/2025 – £628,284.11

Please note, these values represent contract years (July - June). These have been used to provide a timely response and will be closely aligned with financial years, but as such are 3 months ahead of the requested periods.  It is also important to note that these values are for the specialist Domestic Abuse (DA) support element of the contract and not the physical building, this is funded in a different way.

6. LCC cannot provide this information as it does not employ the staff. LCC only commission the service.