LAC 16-18 Year Olds

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Dear St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council,

Please could you let me know the following information

1.1 How many Looked After Children (Also known as Children in Care) does the council currently have?
1.2 How many of these Looked After Children are between the ages of 12 and 15?
1.3 How many of these Looked After Children are aged 16-17?

2.1. Of these Looked After Children aged 16-17, how many are living in semi independent accomodation provided by unregulated private providers.
2.2 Please provide the names of these unregulated private providers and the average cost per child per week to the council per provider?

3.1. Of these Looked After Children aged 16-17, how many are living in semi independent accomodation provided by regulated providers.
3.2 Please provide the names of these regulated providers and the average cost per child per week to the council per provider?

4.1 How many Care Leavers under the age of 18 does the council currently accomodate in accomodation provided by unregulated private providers?
4.2 Please provide the names of these unregulated private providers and the average cost per child per week to the council per provider?

5.1 How many Care Leavers under the age of 18 does the council currently accomodate in accomodation provided by regulated private providers?
5.2 Please provide the names of these regulated private providers and the average cost per child per week to the council per provider?

6.1 How many Care Leavers aged 18 plus does the council currently accomodate in accomodation provided by unregulated private providers?
6.2 Please provide the names of these unregulated private providers and the average cost per child per week to the council per provider?

7.1 How many Care Leavers aged 18 plus does the council currently accomodate in accomodation provided by regulated private providers?
7.2 Please provide the names of these regulated private providers and the average cost per child per week to the council per provider?

Yours faithfully,

James Steele

Contact Centre, St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council

Dear Mr Steele

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08/06/2020 09:14:40 GDT
Subject:Freedom of Information request - LAC 16-18 Year Olds

Dear St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council, Please could you let me know
the following information 1.1 How many Looked After Children (Also known
as Children in Care) does the council currently have? 1.2 How many of
these Looked After Children are between the ages of 12 and 15? 1.3 How
many of these Looked After Children are aged 16-17? 2.1. Of these Looked
After Children aged 16-17, how many are living in semi independent
accomodation provided by unregulated private providers. 2.2 Please provide
the names of these unregulated private providers and the average cost per
child per week to the council per provider? 3.1. Of these Looked After
Children aged 16-17, how many are living in semi independent accomodation
provided by regulated providers. 3.2 Please provide the names of these
regulated providers and the average cost per child per week to the council
per provider? 4.1 How many Care Leavers under the age of 18 does the
council currently accomodate in accomodation provided by unregulated
private providers? 4.2 Please provide the names of these unregulated
private providers and the average cost per child per week to the council
per provider? 5.1 How many Care Leavers under the age of 18 does the
council currently accomodate in accomodation provided by regulated private
providers? 5.2 Please provide the names of these regulated private
providers and the average cost per child per week to the council per
provider? 6.1 How many Care Leavers aged 18 plus does the council
currently accomodate in accomodation provided by unregulated private
providers? 6.2 Please provide the names of these unregulated private
providers and the average cost per child per week to the council per
provider? 7.1 How many Care Leavers aged 18 plus does the council
currently accomodate in accomodation provided by regulated private
providers? 7.2 Please provide the names of these regulated private
providers and the average cost per child per week to the council per
provider? Yours faithfully, James Steele
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Dear Contact Centre,

I am still awaiting response to my FOI request which is now long overdue. Please may I have an update.

Yours sincerely,

James Steele

St.Helens Council, St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council

Thank you for your email, in which you request disclosure of information
under the provisions of the above Act and please accept my apologies for
the delay in providing this response. The information below shows the
position as at the 2nd July 2020 the point at which the information
requested started to be collated.

 

The information below shows the initial query raised in your requrest
followed by a response.

 

1.1 How many Looked After Children (Also known as Children in Care) does
the council currently have? At the 2nd July 2020 St Helens Council cared
for 494 children and young people.

 

1.2 How many of these Looked After Children are between the ages of 12 and
15? At the 2nd July 2020 St Helens Council cared for 124 children and
young people aged between 12 and 15 years old (inclusive).

 

1.3. How many of these Looked After Children are aged 16-17? At the 2nd
July 2020 St Helens Council cared for 90 children and young people aged
between 12 and 15 years old (inclusive).

 

2.1. Of these Looked After Children aged 16-17, how many are living in
semi-independent accommodation provided by unregulated private providers:
17

 

2.2 Please provide the names of these unregulated private providers and
the average cost per child per week to the council per provider?

 

In respect of the average cost per child we believe this to be
commercially sensitive information and having conducted a public interest
test we believe release of this data to be exempt under Section 43.2 of
the Freedom of Information Act. The Council provides information relating
to payments to suppliers and this is published as standard on our website
as part of the publication scheme for all payments over £500 and can be
accessed in this case. This response applies to all subsequent questions
below

 

The organisations providing supported and independent living services are:

* Active 8 Support Services
* Inspire Community Services
* PIC Children’s Services
* Omega Care
* CFS Care Ltd
* Bedspace
* AMJ Support Services
* Possabilities
* SHAP

 

3.1. Of these Looked After Children aged 16-17, how many are living in
semi-independent accommodation provided by regulated providers? 0

 

3.2 Please provide the names of these regulated providers and the average
cost per child per week to the council per provider? N/A

 

4.1 How many Care Leavers under the age of 18 does the council currently
accommodate in accommodation provided by unregulated private providers? 0

 

4.2 Please provide the names of these unregulated private providers and
the average cost per child per week to the council per provider? N/A

 

5.1 How many Care Leavers under the age of 18 does the council currently
accommodate in accommodation provided by regulated private providers? 0

 

5.2 Please provide the names of these regulated private providers and the
average cost per child per week to the council per provider? N/A

 

6.1 How many Care Leavers aged 18 plus does the council currently
accommodate in accommodation provided by unregulated private providers? 9

 

6.2 Please provide the names of these unregulated private providers and
the average cost per child per week to the council per provider?

 

* ISW CSC Ltd
* Omega Care
* Bedspace
* PIC
* Key 2 (Part of Horizon Care & Education Group)
* Continuum Care
* Pathways- Trading style of Leaving Care Services Ltd.

 

7.1 How many Care Leavers aged 18 plus does the council currently
accommodate in accommodation provided by regulated private providers? 2

 

7.2 Please provide the names of these regulated private providers and the
average cost per child per week to the council per provider?

* Inspire Children’s services
* Autism initiatives

 

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