• Early Help

    1. Does your local authority have a process to refer children to targeted early help services when their case is closed after a Child in Need assessment? Yes 2. For each of the periods and age groups as stated above, … Continue reading

  • Youth Justice Service

    Please can I request the following information under the Freedom of Information Act, relating to the Youth Justice Service: For each of the following financial years (separately): 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25 1) Number of under-18s referred to the Youth Justice … Continue reading

  • Deprivation of liberty orders

    Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, please could you provide the following information about deprivation of liberty orders? How many deprivation of liberty orders for under 18s were applied for by the authority from 2020-2025? Please could this be … Continue reading

  • Looked After Children

    1. Please tell me the total number of looked after children in the care of your authority during each of these time periods 2022 2023 2024 01/01-31/05/2025 1152 1208 1202 981 We should clarify that these are the total numbers … Continue reading

  • Child Sexual Exploitation

    1. Does the council have a standalone Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE) strategy? If so, please provide a copy of the most recent version. This can be seen at the 2018-2021 strategy: Exploitation of Children Strategy 2018-2021 – Devon Safeguarding Children … Continue reading

  • Children Services Statistics

    1. How many children are looked-after by the local authority? 857. 2.How many of these children are looked-after as a result of or because they were at risk of abuse or neglect? 443. 3. How many of these children are … Continue reading