Foster Care Statistics
Dear Ealing Borough Council,
1) In the financial year 2021/22 what was the outturn for provided foster care?
2) In the financial year 2021/22 what was the outturn for purchased foster care?
b) The average proportion of foster care placements in the financial year 2021/22, in percentage terms, that were purchased from independent agencies
3) What is the total number of looked after children?
4) The number of looked after children who are being accommodated via purchased fostering service,
b) The exact number of children in each of the contracts held by a purchased fostering service, specifying the agencies used.
5) The number of looked after children who are being fostered via the local authority provider
6) The number of looked after children who are placed outside of the local authority
7) The average number of registered Foster carers who receive a fee from the local authority provider between 14th December 2019 to 14th December 2022, broken down by years.
8) The number of foster carers de-registered from the local authority provider between 14th December 2019 to 14th December 2022, broken down by years.
Where dates are not specified please give the most up to date figure, specifying the date used.
Yours faithfully,
Joseph Durbidge
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From: Joseph Durbidge <[FOI #957478 email]>
Sent: 06 March 2023 16:16
To: foirequests <[Ealing Borough Council request email]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Foster Care Statistics
Dear Ealing Borough Council,
1) In the financial year 2021/22 what was the outturn for provided foster
care?
2) In the financial year 2021/22 what was the outturn for purchased foster
care?
b) The average proportion of foster care placements in the financial year
2021/22, in percentage terms, that were purchased from independent
agencies
3) What is the total number of looked after children?
4) The number of looked after children who are being accommodated via
purchased fostering service,
b) The exact number of children in each of the contracts held by a
purchased fostering service, specifying the agencies used.
5) The number of looked after children who are being fostered via the
local authority provider
6) The number of looked after children who are placed outside of the local
authority
7) The average number of registered Foster carers who receive a fee from
the local authority provider between 14th December 2019 to 14th December
2022, broken down by years.
8) The number of foster carers de-registered from the local authority
provider between 14th December 2019 to 14th December 2022, broken down by
years.
Where dates are not specified please give the most up to date figure,
specifying the date used.
Yours faithfully,
Joseph Durbidge
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Kam Ubhi (she/her)
Information Governance Officer
020 8825 8367
London Borough of Ealing, Perceval House 5/SE/12, 14-16 Uxbridge Road,
Ealing, London, W5 2HL
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