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Record Ref : FOI 12046
Date Received : 17/03/2026
Date Completed : 16/04/2026
Organisation : Private Individual
Application Type : Private Individual
Category : Homelessness and Prevention
Question
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.
Answer
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