1)The number of children and young people placed in respite care for each of the last five financial years (including 2018/19)
Devon County Council does not use the term respite care but instead uses the term short breaks.
| Year | Overnight residential | Overnight family based | Overnight private | Day only |
| 2018 – 2019 | * | 28 | * | + |
| 2017 – 2018 | * | 32 | * | + |
| 2016 – 2107 | * | 34 | * | + |
| 2015 – 2016 | * | 28 | * | + |
| 2014 – 2015 | * | 38 | * | + |
*We may hold this information but to identify, locate, retrieve and collate it would require a manual examination of hundreds of child case files over the time period requested, the total time needed would be well in excess of the 18 hours allowed under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 Section 12 – Cost of compliance.
+We do not hold this information. These short breaks are mostly privately organised by parents using Direct Payments and although we do record who has Direct Payments we do not record which providers they are spent on.
2) The number of settings providing respite care to children and young people which have been closed over safeguarding concerns for each of the last five financial years (including 2018/19)
None recorded relating to short breaks provided or commissioned by Devon County Council. We do not hold information about short breaks commissioned privately by parents.
3) The number of safeguarding referrals concerning respite care placements where children and young people are residents for each of the last five financial years (including 2018/19).
We may hold this information but to identify, locate, retrieve and collate it would require a manual examination of hundreds of child case files over the time period requested, the total time needed would be well in excess of the 18 hours allowed under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 Section 12 – Cost of Compliance.
4) The number of allegations of physical abuse in respite care placements for young people for each of the last five financial years (including 2018/19)
We may hold this information but to identify, locate, retrieve and collate it would require a manual examination of hundreds of child case files over the time period requested, the total time needed would be well in excess of the 18 hours allowed under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 Section 12 – Cost of Compliance.