Please can you inform us of the number of looked after children up have in P1 placements 'placement with parents' as of:
1. 1st September 2024 - or the nearest date to this
2. April 1st 2024 - or the nearest date to this
3. April 1st 2023 - or the nearest date to this

Our Children Services department have supplied the following response:
1. 1st September 2024: Fewer than 5 children were in P1 placements
2. April 1st 2024: Fewer than 5 children were in P1 placements
3. April 1st 2023: 10 children were in P1 placements

Definition - Any placement of a child on an Interim Care Order or a Care Order, with a parent or person with parental responsibility, for more than 24 hours. This includes children where there is a planned transition taking place to their parents’ care if there are any overnight stays which will be over 24 hours.