FOI request (FOIR-606136017)

Children under the care of your council

Requested Tue 16 April 2024
Responded Fri 19 April 2024

This is a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

I would like to request the following information:

1. How many Looked After Children under the care of your council were placed as at 31st December 2023:

a. Outside the council’s boundary and more than 20 miles away from home?

b. Outside the council’s boundary and more than 50 miles away from home?

c. Outside the council’s boundary and more than 100 miles away from home?

2. How many Looked After Children's residential care placements (both external and in-house) were costing more than £10,000 per week as at 31st December 2023 (whether you were paying for it standalone or in combination with health partners)?

3. As at 31st December 2023, what was the highest weekly cost of a Looked After Child's residential care placement that your council was paying for standalone (that is, no other partner organisations such as Health were contributing towards it)?

4. As at 31st December 2023, what was the highest weekly cost of a Looked After Child's residential care placement that your council was contributing to with other partners such as Health?

5. In relation to both questions 2, 3 and 4, what were the names of the residential care homes where the Looked After Children were residing?

Response

Information not held.

Children's Services are dealt with by East Sussex County Council, please visit their website for further information:

https://www.eastsussex.gov.uk