Under the Freedom of Information Act please could you supply the following information:
1. In the most recent available 12-month period how many children do you have in care?
893
Foster care 597
Residential care 7
These figures are taken as at the end of the last financial/reporting year – 31st March 2023:
2. Of these, how many have
received CAMHS intervention?
received third party mental health care or behavioural
intervention?
Emotional, behavioural or psychological difficulties?
124 have received CAHMS intervention at any point in the year 01/04/2022-31/03/2023, namely children will be included if intervention started before 01/04/2022 but continued into the 2022/23 year
In relation to the second part of the question, we do not hold a central record of this information and to extract this information would require a manual review of the files of the children referred to in question 1 above. This would take longer than the appropriate time limit of 18 hours and we are therefore not obliged to provide this information pursuant to section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000
3. What was the average cost of a CIC/LAC/CLA?
£83,603 (based on 22/23 Cost and Volume)
4. How much were the five most expensive placements?
£424,844
£426,588
£440,868
£444,889
£529,126
5. What was the total cost of the CIC/LAC/CLA department broken down by;
1. agency staff?
2. contracted staff?
3. third parties?
Devon County Council does not have a CIC/LAC/CLA department. We therefore do not hold this information.
6. What was the average number of placements for each child including placements with
family?
1.5