Ruth Sommersby
FOI Request
ruthsommersby71@hotmail.com
Please provide the information requested below
Placement Numbers
Placement Type
In-house Foster Care
Placements (excluding
short break / respite
placements)
Independent Foster Care
Placements (excluding
short break / respite
placements)
In-house Residential
Care Placements
(excluding short break /
respite placements)
Independent Residential
Care Placements
(excluding short break /
respite placements)
Independent SEN Day
School Placements
Independent SEN
Residential (38week
Placements)
Independent SEN
Residential (52week
Placements)
Total Number of
Looked After CYP
in Placement at
Date of your FOI
response
Total Number of
CYP Placed within
your LA boundary
at Date of your FOI
response
Total Number of
CYP Placed
Outside of your LA
boundary at Date of
your FOI response
Average Cost of
Placements
(This is not
commercially
sensitive
information as I am
asking for a sector
average rather than
individual fees)
Lead Contacts
Please provide the contact details (name, job title, telephone and email) of staff in the following roles:
Role
Name
Job Title
Telephone
Number
Email Address
Budget
holder
for
independent foster care
placement expenditure
Budget
holder
for
independent
residential
care placement expenditure
Budget holder for SEN
Independent
nonmaintained
school
placement expenditure
Service
Lead
/
Commissioner responsible
for
commissioning
of
independent
fostering
providers
Service
Lead
/
Commissioner responsible
for
commissioning
of
independent
residential
care providers
Service
Lead
/
Commissioner responsible
for commissioning of SEN
independent
school
provision
Budget and Expenditure
Placement Type
In-house Foster Care Placements
Independent Foster Care Placements
In-house Residential Care Placements
Independent
Residential
Care
Placements
Independent
SEN
Day
School
Placements
Independent SEN Residential (38week
or 52week) Placements
Budget for 2014/15 Financial
Year
Forecast Expenditure for 2014/15
Financial Year
Procurement
Role
Does your Local Authority have
a
tendered
foster
care
framework
in
place
for
Independent
Fostering
Providers?
If so what is the name of the
contract?
When does it expire
If so, which Independent
Providers are on the contract
Also is this a collaborative
contract, and if so which other
Local Authorities use it?
Independent Foster Care
Placements
Independent Residential
Care Placements
Yes / No
Yes / No
SEN Independent nonmaintained
school
placements(Day and/or
38/52 week Residential
School)
Yes / No
Strategy
Role
Strategy
Does your Local Authority have a current
Children and Young People’s Plan?
Does your Local Authority have a current
Children in Care Sufficiency Strategy?
Does your Local Authority have a current
SEN strategy or plan?
Yes / No
If Yes, could you please
either provide a weblink
showing where it can be
found online, or email a
copy?
Yes / No
Yes / No
Market
Role
Please provide the names of the 5 largest
Independent Fostering Providers in terms
of total number of placements within your
Local Authority catchment area
Please provide the names of all
Independent
Children’s
Residential
Providers of which you are aware that
operate children’s homes within your Local
Authority catchment area
Providers
If No, what is the reason
for this?