Unregulated Provision Use
1. What is the total number of Looked After Children (LAC) aged 16 and 17-years-old who are currently placed in unregulated provision? Please provide the number of these individuals in such provision at the point this request is answered. Registration became mandatory in October.
23 (all 16 and 17 year olds currently in semi placement)

2. What is the total number of LAC under the age of 16-years-old who are currently placed in unregulated provision? Directors of Children’s Services typically authorise this directly. Please also provide the age of the youngest child placed in such provision.
3 young people

Cost of all LAC Placements
3. What is the highest weekly cost paid to a provider in the period April 1st 2022 to date for an LAC placement in a children’s home? Please provide any mitigating detail (e.g. 3-to-1 care) if you believe it to be relevant to the high cost.
Highest weekly cost to date is £30,900

4. What is the highest annual cost paid in the 2022/2023 financial year for an individual LAC’s placement in children’s home(s)? Please provide the total annual cost if the child has been placed in multiple placements.
Total annual cost £256,000