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Record Ref : FOI 11803
Date Received : 26/11/2025
Date Completed : 18/12/2025
Organisation : Whatdotheyknow.com
Application Type : Company
Category : Child Protection
Question
1. Children’s Residential Placements – Contact Details a) The current contact email address(es) used by the local authority for children’s residential placement team. b) The current contact telephone number(s) used for the same purpose. 2. Commissioning Contacts a) The contact email address(es) for the Children’s Commissioning Team (or equivalent team responsible for commissioning children’s residential placements). b) The relevant contact telephone number(s). 3. Placement Cost Information Please provide the following: a) Average weekly cost paid by your authority for a placement in an external/private children’s residential home for the current financial year (or most recent period). b) The average weekly cost for the previous financial year (or equivalent previous period).
Answer
1. Children’s Residential Placements – Contact Details Fostering.Duty@merthyr.gov.uk a) The current contact email address(es) used by the local authority for children’s residential placement team. As above b) The current contact telephone number(s) used for the same purpose. 01685 725000 2. Commissioning Contacts Fostering.Duty@merthyr.gov.uk a) The contact email address(es) for the Children’s Commissioning Team (or equivalent team responsible for commissioning children’s residential placements). Fostering.Duty@merthyr.gov.uk b) The relevant contact telephone number(s). 01685 725000 3. Placement Cost Information Please provide the following: a) Average weekly cost paid by your authority for a placement in an external/private children’s residential home for the current financial year (or most recent period). - £6,061 b) The average weekly cost for the previous financial year (or equivalent previous period). - £5,565