(1) How many Unaccompanied Asylum-seeking Children (UASC) 16 – 17 years olds does Devon County Council currently accommodate? 47 (2) Regarding UASC 16 – 17 years in what types and in what ratio are they accommodated? 18 in fostering arrangements … Continue reading
Children's Social Care
Statutory child protection, children in need, adoption and fostering services
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Children’s Home Placements and Supported Accommodation
I would be grateful if you could provide the following information relating to children’s home placements and supported accommodation placements for young people aged 16-17 within your Local Authority. 1. The current weekly rates paid for: * Children’s home placements … Continue reading
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Children restrained while in care
For the period 1 April 2021 to 31 March 2026, please confirm: 1. The total number of incidents where physical restraint was used on children under 18 in your care settings. 830 2. The age and a brief description of … Continue reading
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Child Exploitation Investigations
For the period 1 January 2021 to the present, please provide: 1. The number of recorded incidents in which files, records or case documents relating to child sexual abuse, child abuse or child exploitation investigations were reported as lost, missing, … Continue reading
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Children in care/Transgender
1. How many of the children in care in your local authority identify as transgender, according to your records? 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 … Continue reading
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Accommodation for mothers and babies for assessment
Please provide information about your provision (for the purposes of assessment or support) for parents/mothers and babies, where the child is at risk of being taken into care in your local authority area. This provision may be commissioned or in-house … Continue reading
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Children’s Social Care case management system
Please provide the following information in relation to your Children’s Social Care case management system, as held by the council at the date of this request: 1. The name of the case management system used by Children’s Social Care (e.g. … Continue reading
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Children’s Placement Demand and Costs
In relation to children’s placement demand, sufficiency, and associated costs within your authority. Please provide the following information for the financial years 2023/24, 2024/25, and 2025/26 (year to date). Due to the way information is held, we can only report … Continue reading
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Child placement costs – childrens’ homes, unregulated homes, residential special schools
1. Please provide the highest annual amount paid in the 2024/25 financial year for an individual child’s placement in either children’s homes, unregulated homes or residential special schools? Please state the nature of the placement e.g. children’s home. Please provide … Continue reading
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Children identified as at risk of or victims of exploitation
This request relates to data held by the local authority concerning children known to children’s services who have been identified as victims of, or at risk of, criminal exploitation and/or sexual exploitation, including where exploitation is linked to organised criminal … Continue reading