All questions below refer to:
- Care leavers who are 16 to 25-year-olds
- Live in your local authority area
- Data from the last financial year

1. How many care leavers currently live in your local authority area?

2. How many care leavers are in semi-independent or independent living?

3. How many care leavers ceased receiving support from the local authority?

4. Does your local authority provide care leavers with any kind of help to manage their personal finances?
• Yes
• No

If “Yes”, please go to 4.1
If “No”, please go to 5.

4.1 In the last financial year, how did your local authority support care leavers to manage their personal finances and how many care leavers received this type of support?

• From a local authority employee: __
Such as: Personal Adviser, case worker, social worker, LA employed youth worker

• From an outside organisation: __
Such as: specialist charity, Jobcentre Plus, non-LA employed youth worker

• Both the above: __

4.2 If support is provided by a local authority employee, what training and support do they get for helping care leavers manage their personal finances?

4.3 If support is provided by an outside organisation, do you commission this work? If yes, what commissioning framework do you use to outsource the work?

4.4 If support is provided by an outside organisation, which organisation(s) do you use?

4.5 If support is provided by an outside organisation, how much money did your local authority ring-fence for commissioning this work in the last financial year?

4.6 What topics does your local authority and/or outside organisation(s) cover when helping care leavers manage their personal finances?

4.7 Is it mandatory for care leavers to complete a course in managing personal finances?
• Yes, for all
• Yes, for some
• No

4.8 Of care leavers who were mandated to complete a course on managing personal finances, how many completed the course?

5. What other support and entitlements can care leavers apply for from their local authority?

6. Which care leavers are exempt from paying council tax?
If any care leavers pay council tax, please go to 6.1
If all care leavers are exempt, please go to 7.

6.1 How many care leavers accrued council tax arrears in the last financial year?

6.2 What was the average amount of council tax arrears that care leavers accrued in the last financial year?

7. How many care leavers accrued rent or service charge arrears in the last financial year?
a) Of those who accrued rent or service charge arrears in the last financial year, what was the average amount accrued?

8. How many care leavers were served an eviction notice in the last financial year?

9. How many care leavers were evicted from their (LA provided) accommodation since mid-June 2021?

10. How many care leavers were evicted from their (LA provided) accommodation in the financial year 2018-2019?

11. What implications does eviction have for a care leaver when applying for future social housing?

Childrens Services have advised that this request would exceed the 18 hour time limit and therefore refused under Section 12 of the Act.