Council spending for young adults leaving care
Case reference FOI2023/01404
Published 20 September 2023
Request
1) What was the maximum amount the council budget allowed to be paid out in the form of a 'leaving care grant' (sometimes also called a setting up home allowance) in the 2022-2023 financial year?
2) How many young people left the care of your council on or after their 16th birthday in the 2022-2023 financial year?
3) How many of these young people received a leaving care grant?
4) What was the average amount (both mean and median) paid out to care leavers in a leaving care grant in the 2022-2023 financial year?
Payments are not made out to care leavers. Items chosen by the young person are ordered on a council procurement card held by the personal adviser and deducted from their leaving care balance. The average transaction from the 2022/23 financial year is median £179.00 and mean £226.95
5) What was the lowest amount paid out to a care leaver in a leaving care grant in the 2022-2022 financial year?
6) What was the highest amount paid out to a care leaver in a 'leaving care grant' in the 2022-2023 financial year?
Response
1) What was the maximum amount the council budget allowed to be paid out in the form of a 'leaving care grant' (sometimes also called a setting up home allowance) in the 2022-2023 financial year?
£2,000
2) How many young people left the care of your council on or after their 16th birthday in the 2022-2023 financial year?
42 young people
3) How many of these young people received a leaving care grant?
16
4) What was the average amount (both mean and median) paid out to care leavers in a leaving care grant in the 2022-2023 financial year?
Payments are not made out to care leavers. Items chosen by the young person are ordered on a council procurement card held by the personal adviser and deducted from their leaving care balance. The average transaction from the 2022/23 financial year is median £179.00 and mean £226.95
5) What was the lowest amount paid out to a care leaver in a leaving care grant in the 2022-2022 financial year?
£30.00
6) What was the highest amount paid out to a care leaver in a 'leaving care grant' in the 2022-2023 financial year?
£2,970
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