Children in Care - Freedom of information requests

Title or Description
Children in Care
FOI Number
15635
Date Received
27/09/2021
Type of Request
FOI
Request or Question
1)      How many looked after children do you support?Please give a breakdown for:i)                     2018 – 2019ii)                    2019 – 2020
iii)                   2020 – 2021
 
2)      How many of these looked after children are currently living in a placement outside your local authority area?
Please give a breakdown for:
i)                     2018 – 2019
ii)                    2019 – 2020
ii)                    2020 – 2021
 
3)      How many of your looked after children are currently living in a placement more than 20 miles outside your local authority area?
Please give a breakdown for:
i)                      2018 – 2019
ii)                     2019 – 2020
iii)                    2020 – 2021
 
4)      How many of your looked after children are currently living in a placement more than 100 miles outside your local authority area?
Please give a breakdown for:
i)                      2018 – 2019
ii)                     2019 – 2020
ii)                     2020 – 2021
 
 
5)      How many of your looked after children are currently living in a placement more than 200 miles outside your local authority area?
Please give a breakdown for:
i)                      2018 – 2019
ii)                     2019 – 2020
ii)                     2020 – 2021
 
6)      How much did you spend on services for looked after children in:
i)                    2018 – 2019
ii)                   2019 – 2020
iii)                  2020 – 2021
 
7)   Can you provide a breakdown of how much of that spend was paid to private children’s homes and accommodation providers?
For each of the following time periods:
i)                    2018 – 2019
ii)                   2019 – 2020
iii)                  2020 – 2021
 
If you need any further information from me in order to deal with my request, please call me on 07968 153295.
 
If you are encountering practical difficulties with complying with this request, please contact me as soon as possible (in line with your section 16 duty to advise and assist requesters) so that we can discuss the matter and if necessary I can modify the request.
 
Please send me the data requested in the form of an Excel spreadsheet or as a csv file.
 
If it is necessary for any reason to redact any information, please redact the minimum necessary and send me the rest of the material, explaining the legal grounds for each redaction.
Response
1)     
i)                     2018 – 2019 - 256
ii)                    2019 – 2020 - 240
iii)                   2020 – 2021 - 258
 
2)  
i)                     2018 – 2019 - 40
ii)                    2019 – 2020 - 35
ii)                    2020 – 2021 - 34
 
3)     
i)                      2018 – 2019 - 33
ii)                     2019 – 2020 - 31
iii)                    2020 – 2021 - 29
Distances from Scottish Borders Council HQ in Newtown St. Boswells.

4)     
i)                      2018 – 2019 - 7
ii)                     2019 – 2020 - 4
ii)                     2020 – 2021 - 5
Distances from Scottish Borders Council HQ in Newtown St. Boswells.
 
5)     
i)                      2018 – 2019 - 0
ii)                     2019 – 2020 - 0
ii)                     2020 – 2021 - 0
Distances from Scottish Borders Council HQ in Newtown St. Boswells.

6)     
i)                    2018 – 2019 £9,087,389.62
ii)                   2019 – 2020 £9,185,578.79
iii)                  2020 – 2021 £8,847,416.41
 
7)  
i)                    2018 – 2019 £6,032,752.80
ii)                   2019 – 2020 £6,005,856.87
iii)                  2020 – 2021 £5,757,353.67