Cofnod Datgeliadau

Cwestiwn

Please provide the following information for the financial years 2023/24, 2024/25, and 2025/26 (year to date).

1. Current Placement Demand and Sufficiency

Please provide, where recorded:

• The number of children and young people currently requiring placement in:

o Children’s residential homes

o Supported accommodation (including 16–17 year olds)

o Residential family assessment placements

• The number of children and young people currently awaiting placement or awaiting a suitable placement

• The number of children currently placed outside the local authority area

• The number of placements made on an emergency or same-day basis

2. Placement Type and Regulatory Status

Please provide, where recorded:

• The number of children placed in:

o Registered children’s homes

o Settings not registered with Ofsted as children’s homes where such registration would ordinarily be required

• The number of children placed in supported accommodation (16–17 year olds)

• Where recorded, the number of those placements with providers that are:

o Registered under the supported accommodation framework

o Not registered under the supported accommodation framework

3. Placement Activity

Please provide the total number of placements commissioned in each year, broken down by:

• Children’s residential homes

• Supported accommodation

• Residential family assessment placements

4. Placement Costs

Please provide, where recorded, the average weekly cost for:

• Children’s residential placements

• Supported accommodation

• Residential family assessment placements

• Solo placements

• Placements with 2:1 staffing support

• Solo placements with at least 2:1 staffing support

• Placements with enhanced or higher staffing ratios (for example 3:1 or above)

Notes

• If exact data is not held, please provide the closest available equivalent.

• If any of this information is already publicly available, please provide a link.

Ateb

1. Current Placement Demand and Sufficiency

The number of children and young people currently requiring placement in:

Supported accommodation (including 16–17-year-olds)- 4

Children’s residential – 8 not in house placements

Residential family assessments 0

Number of children currently waiting for placement –

Placed out of LA area – 29 (not inhouse)

Emergency /same day basis – 0

Registered children’s homes

24/25 - 10

25/26 – 8

All registered under framework. Not applicable to OFSTED

The number of children currently placed outside the local authority area

In 2023/24 we had 133 Children placed outside the local authority at any point

In 2024/25 we had 123 Children placed outside the local authority at any point

In 2025/26 we had 109 Children placed outside the local authority at any point

2- Supported accommodation (including 16–17 year olds)

2023/24- 7

2024/25- 5

2025/26- 9

In 2023/24 we had 23 Children placed in a registered children’s home at any point

In 2024/25 we had 25 Children placed in a registered children’s home at any point

In 2025/26 we had 25 Children ( Same as 24/25 not a typo ) placed in a registered children’s home at any point

0 Placed in settings not registered with Ofsted during any of the financial years

3- Please provide the total number of placements commissioned in each year, broken down by:

• Supported accommodation

2023/24- 7

2024/25- 9

2025/26- 11

Where recorded, the number of those placements with providers that are:

the “supported accommodation framework” it says providers registered with Ofsted. The Welsh equivalent will be CIW, so I’ve based the figures on that.

Registered under the supported accommodation framework-

2023/24- 0

2024/25- 0

2025/26- 2

Not registered under the supported accommodation framework-

2023/24- 7

2024/25- 9

2025/26- 9

4. Placement Costs

Please provide, where recorded, the average weekly cost for:

Children’s residential placements

23/24 - £6,768

24/25 - £5,543

25/26 - £6,125

• Supported accommodation – information not held

• Residential family assessment placements – information not held

• Solo placements – information not held

• Placements with 2:1 staffing support – information not held

• Solo placements with at least 2:1 staffing support – information not held

• Placements with enhanced or higher staffing ratios (for example 3:1 or above) – information not held