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Question

1. How many individual children (not placements) were placed into mainstream foster care by the local authority over the past 12 months (or the most recent 12-month period that you're able to process)? 2. Of those, please confirm how many individual children (not placements) were placed with foster carers of independent fostering agencies. 3. What is the minimum, maximum and average weekly agency fee you have given to IFAs for individual children (not placements) placed as 'standard' placements? 4. Of the independent fostering agencies used by the local authority, which company provides the most placements for individual children? 5. What is the average weekly cost for in-house local authority provision for individual children placed as ‘standard’ placements? 6. For the financial years 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24 (so far): 6a. How many individual children were placed with foster carers of independent fostering agencies 6b. How many individual children were placed with in-house/council-registered foster carers 6c. What is your annual spend on: in-house fostering, independent fostering agencies, residential children’s homes? 7. What is the current average cost of a residential placement for an individual child with an IFA and what is the cost for a residential placement for an individual child with a council-registered provider?

Answer

1. 32 2. 2 3. Minimum £695pw, Maximum £983pw and Average £845pw 4. National Fostering Agency Wales and Calon Cymru 5. Average £400pw 6. 6a. 2018-19 = 27 Children 2019-20 = 27 Children 2020-21 = 13 Children 2021-22 = 22 Children 2022-23 = 34 Children 2023-24 = 7 Children so far 6b. 2018-19 = 58 Children 2019-20 = 29 Children 2020-21 = 19 Children 2021-22 = 22 Children 2022-23 = 37 Children 2023-24 = 27 Children so far 6c. 2018-19 – Fostering Service (Own Provision) £2,195.830; Fostering Service (Provision by Others) £1,946.863; Residential Care (Provision by Others) £2,306.477 (000s) 2019-20 – Fostering Service (Own Provision) £2,058.139; Fostering Service (Provision by Others) £1,945.135; Residential Care (Provision by Others) £3,270.923 (000s) 2020-21 – Fostering Service (Own Provision) £1,945.563; Fostering Service (Provision by Others) £1,766.420; Residential Care (Provision by Others) £3,229.240 (000s) 2021-22 – Fostering Service (Own Provision) £1,810.092; Fostering Service (Provision by Others) £1,753.223; Residential Care (Provision by Others) £2,867.243 (000s) 2022-23 – Fostering Service (Own Provision) £1,904.352; Fostering Service (Provision by Others) £2,273.209; Residential Care (Provision by Others) £3,969.137 (000s) 2023-24 – So far Fostering Service (Own Provision) £1,502.709; Fostering Service (Provision by Others) £1,682.068; Residential Care (Provision by Others) £3,500.606 (000s) 7. There would be no “residential placement for an individual child with an IFA” but we do have residential placements with the External Providers Residential Care (Provision by Others) - £4,629pw (placement costs can be higher if there are Additional/Therapeutic support needs) Residential Care (Own Provision) - data currently unavailable as own provision is just being established