Council's expenditure on residential care placements for children in private care homes

Council's expenditure on residential care placements for children in private care homes.

Please provide the following information: 

 

1. The number of children for whom the council funded private residential care home placements in each of the last ten completed financial years; 

 

2. The council's total expenditure on placing children in private residential care homes for each of the last ten completed financial years. 

1.

• 2025/2026 - 89
• 2024/2025 - 59
• 2023/2024 - 49
• 2022/2023 - 49
• 2021/2022 - 57
• 2020/2021 - 51
• 2019/2020 - 41
• 2018/2019 - 38
• 2017/2018 - 39
• 2016/2017 - 34

2.

• 2025/2026 - £25,800,949
• 2024/2025 - £14,318,009
• 2023/2024 - £9,596,877
• 2022/2023 - £8,694,899
• 2021/2022 - £11,652,426
• 2020/2021 - £10,531,450
• 2019/2020 - £6,669,752
• 2018/2019 - £4,815,201
• 2017/2018 - £5,274,330
• 2016/2017 - £4,743,207