Children's Social Care

Statutory child protection, children in need, adoption and fostering services

  • Local Authority Accommodation Figures

    1. How many households are living in accommodation provided by the local authority under section 17 of the Children Act 1989 on 30th June 2022 (or closest possible date)? 2. What is the total number of adults living in these … Continue reading →

  • Vulnerable children deaths

    Part A: Please could I have details of: 1. The number of children classified as children in need by your local authority between 1 January 2018 to 26 August 2022 Please could this be broken down by year (for 2022, … Continue reading →

  • Looked after children

    This is a freedom of information request. Please provide the following information about looked after children in your local authority. * Please only include those looked after children who were placed by the local authority in the types of accommodation … Continue reading →

  • Child Sexual Exploitation

    Please could you provide the following information regarding child sexual exploitation: 1. How many children have been referred to the Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH) for children (17 and under) due to concerns about Child Sexual Exploitation in the following years: … Continue reading →

  • Return Home Interviews

    Please provide the following three totals covering the period between 1 January 2019 and 19 July 2022, disaggregated by year (for example, ‘2019’, ‘2020’, 2021 etc): The number of recorded statutory Return Home Interviews (RHI) you have conducted with children … Continue reading →

  • Residential care placements

    1. What is the most expensive residential care placement you have had to commission for a single child in the past five years, and what specialised services were being provided for that cost? (eg £10k a week for six months … Continue reading →

  • Children in Care – 2022

    In relation to the first 20 cases of children that were taken into care (either interim or full) by your authority in the 2022 calendar year please provide me with the following information in connection with each of these cases. … Continue reading →

  • Radicalisation concerns and referrals

    Please provide the following information for the financial years 2015 to 2021 (beginning 01 April 2015 ending 31 March 2022) broken down by year i.e. 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022: The number of people under the age … Continue reading →