The number of children placed in supported accommodation

1) Please provide data for the most recent 12-month period available on the number of children placed in supported accommodation in your area, broken down by entry route: 

a) via section 20 of the Children Act 1989
b) move from other settings
c) via homelessness or housing duty routes under the Housing Act 1996.
d) other

2) Please confirm whether your local authority's contract with its in-house or externally commissioned independent advocacy service includes provision for 16- and 17-year-old children at the point of assessment or after placement in supported accommodation via homelessness or housing duty routes.

1a) 125 (Between 01/04/2025 and 31/03/2026)

b) 37 (Between 01/04/2025 and 31/03/2026)

c-d) <5

Low figures are considered exempt under Section 40(2) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) where disclosure would allow the possibility of a living individual being identified.

2) The Council advocacy contract makes provision for supporting 16-17yr olds admitted to supported accommodation to be offered advocacy. Social workers and providers will actively work with young people to determine if this is something they wish to engage with at point of access to the supported accommodation.