As a freedom of information request, please provide answers to the following questions:
Is your organisation currently recruiting in-house foster carers?
Yes
How many in-house foster carers do you need to recruit this year? (Please provide number of households and number of carers as separate figures).
The Target for 2023/2024 is 23 households, we are unable to establish how individuals this will equate to. We acknowledge there is a national sufficiency issue in relation to the recruitment of foster carers at the current time.
What is your annual spend on recruiting in-house foster carers? Please provide annual figures for the financial years 2018-2019, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23.
Please refer to the linked spreadsheet.
For the financial years as above:
What is your annual spend on Independent Fostering Agencies?
Please refer to the spreadsheet linked above
What is your annual spend on in-house fostering?
Please refer to the spreadsheet linked above
What is your annual spend on residential children’s homes?
Please refer to the spreadsheet linked above
What is your annual spend on respite care and short breaks?
Please refer to the spreadsheet linked above