FOI/Children in care accommodation
Case reference FOI2024/00226
Published 16 February 2024
Request
Please advise:
1. The total number of children in care you currently have placed in registered children's homes, both local authority owned and independently owned
2. The total number of children in care you currently have placed in unregistered children's homes (defined as providing care as well as support but not officially registered) and the number of them in such accommodation aged under 16.
3. The total number of children in care you currently have placed in unregulated semi-independent living accommodation (defined as providing support rather than care) and the number of them in such accommodation aged under 16.
4. The total number of children in care in unregulated placements (whether unregistered children's homes or semi-independent living accommodation) that are unaccompanied asylum seekers and the number of them in such accommodation aged under 16.
5. The average annual cost for children in care you placed in local authority registered children's homes for the financial year 2022/23.
6. The average annual cost for children in care you placed in independent registered children's homes for the financial year 2022/23.
7. The average annual cost for children in care you placed in unregistered children's homes for the financial year 2022/23.
8. The average annual cost for children in care you placed in unregulated semi-independent living accommodation for the financial year 2022/23.
Response
1. The total number of children in care you currently have placed in registered children's homes, both local authority owned and independently owned
A: 41, in residential placements.
2. The total number of children in care you currently have placed in unregistered children's homes (defined as providing care as well as support but not officially registered) and the number of them in such accommodation aged under 16.
A: 1 child in an unregistered children's home - this provision is in the process of being registered.
3. The total number of children in care you currently have placed in unregulated semi-independent living accommodation (defined as providing support rather than care) and the number of them in such accommodation aged under 16.
A: 1 child in unregulated semi-supported accommodation (the provision is awaiting their Ofsted URN due to delay in application process).
All of our other semi-supported placements have registered with Ofsted and there are no children under 16.
4. The total number of children in care in unregulated placements (whether unregistered children's homes or semi-independent living accommodation) that are unaccompanied asylum seekers and the number of them in such accommodation aged under 16.
A: 1 x 17 year old in unregulated semi-supported accommodation (the provision is awaiting their Ofsted URN due to delay in application process).
5. The average annual cost for children in care you placed in local authority registered children's homes for the financial year 2022/23.
A: We do not have a local authority registered children's home.
6. The average annual cost for children in care you placed in independent registered children's homes for the financial year 2022/23.
A: £5,000
7. The average annual cost for children in care you placed in unregistered children's homes for the financial year 2022/23.
A: £10,000
8. The average annual cost for children in care you placed in unregulated semi-independent living accommodation for the financial year 2022/23.
A: £900
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