FI14714
Request
- How many Looked After Children under the care of your council were placed as at 31st December 2023:
- Outside the council’s boundary and more than 20 miles away from home?
- Outside the council’s boundary and more than 50 miles away from home?
- Outside the council’s boundary and more than 100 miles away from home?
- 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)?
- 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)?
- 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?
- 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?
Response
Dover District Council does not hold the information you are seeking. The social care authority within our District is Kent County Council, who should be able to assist you and can be contacted at the following address: freedomofinformation@kent.gov.uk.