Response OTH01/26
Response to request for information
Reference
OTH01/26
Response date
20 April 2026
Request
Please provide the following information for the financial years 2023/24, 2024/25, and 2025/26 (year to date).
- Current Placement Demand and Sufficiency
Please provide, where recorded:
- The number of children and young people currently requiring placement in:
- Children’s residential homes
- Supported accommodation (including 16–17 year olds)
- Residential family assessment placements
- The number of children and young people currently awaiting placement or awaiting a suitable placement
- The number of children currently placed outside the local authority area
- The number of placements made on an emergency or same-day basis
- The number of children and young people currently requiring placement in:
- Placement Type and Regulatory Status
Please provide, where recorded:
- The number of children placed in:
- Registered children’s homes
- Settings not registered with Ofsted as children’s homes where such registration would ordinarily be required
- The number of children placed in supported accommodation (16–17 year olds)
- Where recorded, the number of those placements with providers that are:
- Registered under the supported accommodation framework
- Not registered under the supported accommodation framework
- The number of children placed in:
- Placement Activity
Please provide the total number of placements commissioned in each year, broken down by:
- Children’s residential homes
- Supported accommodation
- Residential family assessment placements
- Placement Costs
Please provide, where recorded, the average weekly cost for:
- Children’s residential placements
- Supported accommodation
- Residential family assessment placements
- Solo placements
- Placements with 2:1 staffing support
- Solo placements with at least 2:1 staffing support
- Placements with enhanced or higher staffing ratios (for example 3:1 or above)
Response
Children Services for our area comes under Nottinghamshire County Council. I have included a link to their website where you can raise this Freedom of Information with them.