1 . The number of Looked After Children (LAC) in your local authority who between the ages of 16-18 are living or did live in independent living placements. Please provide the numbers of LACs living in independent living placements broken down by year from 2014 to the most recent statistics possible, ideally present day. If records as far back as 2014 are not kept, please provide records from the earliest date you have them until the most recent statistics available.
2. The number of Looked After Children (LAC) in your local authority who between the ages of 16-18 are living or lived in semi-independent living placements. Please provide the numbers of LACs living in semi-independent living placements broken down by year from 2014 to the most recent statistics possible, ideally present day. If records as far back as 2014 are not kept, please provide records from the earliest date you have them until the most recent statistics available.
Please find the information for questions 1 and 2 at the following link: Looked After Children Independent Living Placements
3. The number of independent living properties that the local authority have in their boundary and the number of them that are Ofsted approved.
Devon County Council does not monitor or register these properties so we cannot give any assurances about the accuracy of the data. We know that at present there are at least 31 locations in Devon where an application has been made to Ofsted for registration as 16+ provision but there could be many more that we are not aware of/are not tracking. These 31 locations relate to 83 potential beds. These providers have all been given a URN but the vast majority are still awaiting their Ofsted registration visit; Ofsted is responsible for regulating independent living properties.
4. The total number of 16-18 year olds in your local authority who are/were Looked After Children between 2014-present day. If records as far back as 2014 are not kept, please provide records from the earliest date you have them until the most recent statistics available.
1485 children
Please note we have included children aged 16-18 looked after at any point between 1 April 2014 and 31 March 2024. Individuals are only counted once, e.g. where 16/17/18 in subsequent years.