1. As of 3rd September 2021, how many looked after children are in the care of your local authority?
As of the 03/09/21 there were 808 Looked After Children (Excluding those in Short Breaks).
2.
a) As of 3rd September 2021, how many sibling groups are in the care of your local authority?
As on the 03/09/21, there were 156 sibling groups in care.
b) What is the total number of children in the sibling groups identified in response to Q2a?
These 156 sibling groups totalled 418 of the children in care.
3. How many sibling groups are all placed together?
Of the 156 sibling groups, 69 of them saw all the members of that group placed together.
4. How many children in your care, who are part of a sibling group, are not living with at least one of their siblings?
There were 168 children who were not in a placement with at least 1 of their siblings.
5. a) As of 3rd September 2021, how many approved foster carers (including all approved carers) do you have?
b) As of 3rd September 2021, how many of those approved foster carers do you have currently looking after children?
We had 331 households at the time specified and 416 children were placed with these carers.