I would like to request the following information:
1. How many Looked After Children under the care of your council were placed as at 31st December 2023:
Outside the council’s boundary and more than 20 miles away from home?
Outside the council’s boundary and more than 50 miles away from home?
Outside the council’s boundary and more than 100 miles away from home?
| Count of PER ID | Distance from home to placement (category) | Latest placement located in DCC authority |
| 59 | 0-20 miles | No |
| 76 | 20-50 miles | No |
| 43 | 50-100 miles | No |
| 91 | 100+ miles | No |
2. How many Looked After Children’s residential care placements (both external and in-house) were costing more than £10,000 per week as at 31st December 2023 (whether you were paying for it standalone or in combination with health partners)?
3
3. As at 31st December 2023, what was the highest weekly cost of a Looked After Child’s residential care placement that your council was paying for standalone (i.e. no other partner organisations such as Health were contributing towards it)?
£13,000.00
4. As at 31st December 2023, what was the highest weekly cost of a Looked After Child’s residential care placement that your council was contributing to with other partners such as Health?
£6,821.10
5. In relation to both questions 2, 3 and 4, what were the names of the residential care homes where the Looked After Children were residing?
This information is exempt from disclosure under Section 40(2) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (Personal Data).
Devon County Council can confirm the requested information is held; however, the Council cannot disclose personal information if releasing it would contravene any of the provisions in the UK General Data Protection Regulation. In this instance release of this information would contravene the first data protection principle and therefore the information is withheld.