1. How much funding was allocated by the Council for the Higher Education bursary for the 2017/18, 2019/20 and 2021/22 academic years respectively? (By Higher Education bursary we mean the relevant amount referred to in s23C(5A) Children Act 1989).
(a) How many applications for a Higher Education bursary were received in each of the stated years?
(b) What was the total number of successful applications for each of the stated years?
(c) What was the total amount paid out in bursaries in each of the stated years?
| Academic Year | Amount Paid |
| 2017/18 | £1,998 |
| 2019/20 | £8,000 |
| 2021/22 | £8,663 |
This only includes the £2000 higher education bursary and excludes all other higher education support costs. The budget is not split to this level so information on budget specifically for this bursary cannot be provided.
2. How much funding was allocated by the Council for the ‘setting up home grant’, as referred to in Devons’s local offer to care leavers, for the 2017/18, 2019/20 and 2021/22 financial years respectively?
(a) How many applications for the grant were received in each of the stated years?
(b) What was the total number of successful applications in each of the stated years?
(c) What was the total amount paid out for the grants in each of the stated years?
| Financial Year | Budget | Amount Paid | CL’s Paid |
| 2017/18 | £115,000 | £121,959 | 323 |
| 2019/20 | £115,000 | £148,143 | 230 |
| 2021/22 | £145,000 | £110,439 | 220 |
We are unable to provide information on number of applications, successful or not so we have included the number of care leavers paid during that year.
3. How much was allocated by the Council for the ‘money based incentives for attendance in education or training’, as referred to in Devon’s local offer to care leavers, for the 2017/18, 2019/20 and 2021/22 financial years respectively?
(a) How many requests for such incentives were received in each of the stated years?
(b) What was the total amount paid out in such incentives in each of the stated years?
We do not hold this information as we do not code this separately on our finance system.
4. How many former relevant children were given free access to sports facilities in Devon in 2018, 2020 and 2022 respectively?
(a) How many applications for such free access were received in each of the stated years?
We do not hold this information.
5. How much was allocated in funding for transport costs when travelling to training, school/college, apprenticeships or job interviews, as referred to in Devon’s local offer to care leavers, for the 2017/18, 2019/20 and 2021/22 financial years respectively?
(a) How many requests were made for support with transport costs in each of the stated years?
(b) What was the total amount paid out in such transport costs for each of the stated years?
We do not hold this information as we do not code this separately on our finance system.
6. How many ring-fenced opportunities for work experience, apprenticeship and employment, as referred to in Devon’s local offer to care leavers, existed in 2018, 2020 and 2022.
(a) How many of those opportunities were applied for in each of the stated years?
(b) How many of those applications were successful in each of the stated years?
Devon County Council Economy team supported external provision for 160 dedicated work experience placements in 2020 and 2022, ringfenced to those in care, care leavers or young people with SEND need (or a mixture of the three). These were filled in their entirety in year. No ringfenced provision was on offer however in 2018, though Care Leavers did have access to the wider NEET support and work experience offer provided be CSW Group Ltd on behalf of Devon County Council.