This is a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. I would like to request the following information:

1. How many Looked After Children under the care of your council were placed as at 31st December 2023:
a) Outside the council’s boundary and more than 20 miles away from home: 27 children
b) Outside the council’s boundary and more than 50 miles away from home: 18 children
c) Outside the council’s boundary and more than 100 miles away from home: 8 children

2. How many Looked After Children's residential care placements (both external and in-house) were costing more than £10,000 per week as at 31st December 2023 (whether you were paying for it standalone or in combination with health partners)?
2 placements no health contributions

3. As at 31st December 2023, what was the highest weekly cost of a Looked After Child's residential care placement that your council was paying for standalone (i.e. no other partner organisations such as Health were contributing towards it)?
£19,650

4. As at 31st December 2023, what was the highest weekly cost of a Looked After Child's residential care placement that your council was contributing to with other partners such as Health?
£3,882.90

5. In relation to both questions 2, 3 and 4, what were the names of the residential care homes where the Looked After Children were residing?
Life Skills, Wokingham
Resiaction, Staffordshire