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Spend on Profit Making Providers of SEND education (4-19) and fostering, children's home or secure accommodation placements
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I'm looking to ascertain how much money is spent on profit making organisations in the areas of 4-19 SEND education and (separately) fostering, children's home or secure accommodation placements.
1. Please confirm whether you pay Cambian Group and/or Witherslack Group for services in SEND education (4-19) and/or fostering, children's home or secure accommodation placements. This can be a simple Yes/No answer for each organisation. Please also detail the number of children and young people, ideally divided by each organisation and by SEND education (4-19) and/or fostering, children's home or secure accommodation placements. If this is too sensitive/onerous, please simply break the number down by number of children and young people receiving SEND education (4-19) and/or fostering, children's home or secure accommodation placements
SEN Team
1 pupil at a Cambian Group school
18 pupils at a Witherslack Group school
Family Placements Team
Fostering - No
Secure Accommodation – No
Children Home - Yes
2. Please detail the amount of money spent in the last two financial years with for profit providers of SEND education (4-19) and fostering, children's home or secure accommodation placements. Please provide this in a spreadsheet split out between SEND and education and fostering, children's home or secure accommodation. If this is too onerous, I will accept one year's spend.
Both Teams For Independent Non Maintained Special Schools (INMSS) we do not differentiate settings by profit/not for profit status.
3. If any of the above is too onerous, I will settle for confirmation of whether the authority uses Cambian Group and/or Witherslack Group and an overall figure for spend on all for profit providers of all of the services outlined above.
Both teams please see the answer to Q1 & Q2
