Q1) Please give the name of your Local Authority?
Q2) How many children were defined as in care or ‘looked after’ within your local authority in the following financial years;
a) 2013 – 2014
b) 2014 – 2015
c) 2015 – 2016
d) 2016 – 2017
e) 2017 – 2018
NB ‘ If you do not have the information in financial years please answer (a)2014, (b)2015, (c)2016, (d)2017, (e)2018
| Year | Number |
| 2013 -2014 | 1015 |
| 2014 – 2015 | 1029 |
| 2015 – 2016 | 1075 |
| 2016 – 2017 | 1009 |
| 2017 – 2018 | 1005 |
Q3) What was your planned monetary budget set aside solely for children in care in the following financial years;
a) 2013 – 2014
b) 2014 – 2015
c) 2015 – 2016
d) 2016 – 2017
e) 2017 – 2018
| Year | Looked After Children |
| 2014 – 2015 | £22,387,000 |
| 2015 – 2016 | £18,408,000 |
| 2016 – 2017 | £28,060,000 |
| 2017 – 2108 | £29,458,000 |
Figures have been taken from the published Budget Books and relate to Looked After Children (LAC)placements and exclude other costs relating to the child, such as social work staffing.
Figures are net to Childrens Social Care.
2014 – 2016 figures do not include the cost of short breaks for LAC as these costs were not recorded separately to non-looked after children costs during these years.
2013 – 2014 figures have been excluded, as LAC and care leavers costs were not fully recorded separately during this time. These notes apply to Questions 4- 7 also.
Budget information is provided online and recent decisions about future budgets for Childrens Social care were published on Full Council 21/02/2019.
Q4) What did you spend on children in care in the following financial years?
a) 2013 – 2014
b) 2014 – 2015
c) 2015 – 2016
d) 2016 – 2017
e) 2017 – 2018
| Year | Looked After Children (LAC) – outturn |
| 2014 – 2015 | £25,964,000 |
| 2015 – 2016 | £28,813,000 |
| 2016 – 2017 | £29,507,000 |
| 2017 – 2018 | £33,477,000 |
Q5) How many care leavers did you support in the following financial years?
a) 2013 – 2014
b) 2014 – 2015
c) 2015 – 2016
d) 2016 – 2017
e) 2017 – 2018
NB ‘ If you do not have the information in financial years please answer (a)2014, (b)2015, (c)2016, (d)2017, (e)2018
| Year | Leaving Care |
| 2013- 2014 | 1015 |
| 2014 – 2015 | 1029 |
| 2015 – 2016 | 1075 |
| 2016 – 2017 | 1009 |
| 2018 – 2019 | 1005 |
Q6) What was your planned monetary budget set aside solely for leaving care services in the following financial years?
a) 2013 – 2014
b) 2014 – 2015
c) 2015 – 2016
d) 2016 – 2017
e) 2017 – 2018
| Year | Leaving Care |
| 2014 – 2015 | £1,118,000 |
| 2015 – 2016 | £1,455,000 |
| 2016 – 2017 | £1,975,000 |
| 2017 – 2018 | £1,883,000 |
Q7) What did you spend on children leaving care services in the following financial years?
a) 2013 – 2014
b) 2014 – 2015
c) 2015 – 2016
d) 2016 – 2017
e) 2017 – 2018
| Year | Leaving Care – outturn |
| 2013 – 2014 | £3,371,000 |
| 2014 – 2015 | £1,090,000 |
| 2015 – 2016 | £2,161,000 |
| 2016 – 2017 | £1,122,000 |
| 2017 – 2018 | £1,068,000 |