Foster Care

  • Fostering Statistics

    1. How many children were in care on October 30th in 2023, 2021, 2019 and 2013? 2023 – 905 2021 – 823 2019 – 781 2013 – 694 2. How many active foster carers were there on the above dates? … Continue reading →

  • Fostering Information

    We would like to request the following data under the freedom of information act. Q1. How many foster carers/families do you currently need in your area? (INSERT NUMBER) We do not hold this information. This is being explored through our … Continue reading →

  • Foster Care Statistics

    1. How many foster carers/families do you currently need in your area? 327 households 2. How many children/young people were in foster care between 2018-2023? 2023 (up to 30th June) 710 2022 838 2021 862 2020 887 2019 837 2018 … Continue reading →

  • Fostering data

    1. How many individual children (not placements) were placed into mainstream foster care by the LA over the past 12 months (or the most recent 12-month period that you’re able to process)? There were 856 unique children placed in foster … Continue reading →

  • Fostering

    1) On average, how many therapy hours per package were provided for i) LA-provided foster care and ii) IFA-provided foster care, over the past 12 months (or the most recent 12-month period that you’re able to process)? 1)a) If possible, … Continue reading →

  • Foster Carers Payments

    1. What is the basic weekly allowances paid in 23/24 per age bracket for mainstream foster carers? Not including any fee/reward element. 2. Please detail any other allowances paid for children living in mainstream foster care in addition to their … Continue reading →

  • Fostering

    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 … Continue reading →

  • Foster Care

    Please provide: 1. Details of the average fee rates agreed with external suppliers of Independent Foster Care Services for the current year (2022/2023). This is based on only one child with no disability and excludes allowances. £882.83 2. Details of … Continue reading →