Under the Freedom of Information Act, I would like to request the following information regarding Residential Special School and Children’s Residential Home placements for children (under 18) with Learning Disabilities and/or Autism as their Special Educational Need (SEN).

1. Please provide the total number of placements funded by the Local Authority during the year for children (under 18) with a Learning Disability as their primary SEN in (a) a Residential Special School and (b) a Children's Residential Home (not including secure units or hostels)
Learning Disability is not a primary need.

2. Please provide the total number of new placements funded by the Local Authority for children (under 18) with a Learning Disability as their primary SEN in (a) a Residential Special School and (b) a Children's Residential Home (not including secure units or hostels)
Learning Disability is not a primary need.

3. Please provide the total number of placements funded by the Local Authority during the year for children (under 18) with Autism as their primary SEN in (a) a Residential Special School and (b) a Children's Residential Home (not including secure units or hostels)
Total number of children with autism 531, 310 are in Wokingham schools, 221 are out of borough. Five are being electively home educated, 0 children placed in Residential children homes whom primary need is Autism.

4. Please provide the total number of new placements funded by the Local Authority for children (under 18) with Autism as their primary SEN in (a) a Residential Special School and (b) a Children's Residential Home (not including secure units or hostels)
5. Please provide the total number of placements funded by the Local Authority during the year for children (under 18) in a Residential Special School with a Learning Disability and/or Autism, that are placed (a) in area and (b) out of area
6. Please provide the total number of placements funded by the Local Authority during the year for children (under 18) in a Children's Residential Home with a Learning Disability and/or Autism, that are placed (a) in area and (b) out of area
7. Please provide the number of children (under 18) currently funded by the Local Authority, with a Learning Disability and/or Autism, in (a) a Residential Special School or (b) Children's Residential Home, in the following fee ranges (£3.0k - £3.5k, £3.5k - £4.0k, £4.0k - £4.5k, £4.5k - £5.0k, £5.0k - £5.5k, £5.5k - £6.0k, £6.0k - £6.5k, £6.5k+)

We are unable to answer questions 4 - 7 as this would exceed the appropriate limit. This would involve our Finance and SEND team working together and reviewing each case individually. This would take around 10-15 minutes per case with 1300+ plans to review. This would equate to over 18 hours work.