Please find Devon County Council’s response to each of your questions below.
1) How many looked-after children died in unregistered children’s homes in each of the following years: 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24 and 2024/25? .
Nil
2) What were the ages of the looked-after children who died in unregistered children’s homes: under 5, under 10, under 16 or aged 16 and 17?
Not applicable.
3) How many serious harm incidents (where abuse or neglect was known or suspected) took place in unregistered children’s homes in each of the following years: 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24 and 2024/25?
2021/22 = 0
2022/23 = 0
2023/24 = 1
2024/25 = 0
4) What were the ages of the looked-after children who were seriously harmed (where abuse or neglect was known or suspected) while living in unregistered children’s homes: under 5, under 10, under 16 or aged
2023/24 = 1 (Under 16)