Please can you help with the following?
1. How many looked-after children died in unregistered children’s homes in each of the following years: 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24 and 2024/25? .
Nil
2. What were the ages of the looked-after children who died in unregistered children’s homes: under 5, under 10, under 16 or aged 16 and 17?
N/A
3. How many serious harm incidents (where abuse or neglect was known or suspected) took place in unregistered children’s homes in each of the following years: 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24 and 2024/25?
2021/22 – 51
2022/23 – 164
2023/24 – 304
2024/25 – 339
4. What were the ages of the looked-after children who were seriously harmed (where abuse or neglect was known or suspected) while living in unregistered children’s homes: under 5, under 10, under 16 or aged 16 and 17? .
As the total number of incidents referred to in the response to question 3 are 858 records, it would, using an average of 5 minutes to check each record, take a total of 71.5 hours to extract this information. This is beyond the appropriate time limit of 18 hours and this information is therefore exempt from disclosure pursuant to section12 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.