Looked after children placed outside local authority area as of 01/04/25
Case reference FOI2025/00675
Received 2 April 2025
Published 30 April 2025
Request
As of or nearest to April 1st, 2025, please inform us:
1. How many children in care you have?
2a. How many of these children are placed outside of your local authority boundary?
2b. How many of these children are placed outside of your Integrated Care Board (ICB) area?
3. In which other 10 local authority areas do you place the most children, ranked 1 to 10 with 1 being the one with the largest number?
Response
As of or nearest to April 1st, 2025, please inform us:
1. How many children in care you have?
Answer: 342
2a. How many of these children are placed outside of your local authority boundary?
Answer: 90
2b. How many of these children are placed outside of your Integrated Care Board (ICB) area?
Answer: 70
3. In which other 10 local authority areas do you place the most children, ranked 1 to 10 with 1 being the one with the largest number?
Answer: The Service Area have advised we are unable to ‘rank’ the Local Authorities using 1-10 due to similar numbers in some areas.
The Service Area have provided the table below:
|
LA |
Rank |
|
Worcestershire |
1 |
|
Birmingham |
4 |
|
Gloucestershire |
4 |
|
Shropshire |
4 |
|
Powys |
5 |
|
Coventry |
9 |
|
Norfolk |
9 |
|
Rhondda Cynon Taf |
9 |
|
Staffordshire |
9 |
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