Looked After Children under the age of 16 Living in Unregulated accommodation

Dear Mr Mitchell

Request for Information RFI-10161-24 Re: Looked After Children under the
age of 16 Living in Unregulated accommodation

Thank you for your request for information relating to Looked After
Children under the age of 16 Living in Unregulated accommodation which was
received on 10 October 2024.

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so quoting the above reference number.

Yours sincerely,

Fakhara Qanwal

Assistant Assurance Officer

Walsall Council 

0800 0856018

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Dear Mr Mitchell,

Freedom of Information Request RFI-10161-24 

Further to your request for information about Looked After Children under
the age of 16 Living in Unregulated accommodation, I can tell you the
following:

1. How many of the council’s Looked After Children under the age of 16 are
currently living in unregulated accommodation? To clarify – unregulated
accommodation refers to any property a Looked After Child is living at
which isn’t registered by Ofsted. These can include but not limited to
boats, caravans, tents, air bnb’s, booking.com properties, hotels,
residential homes awaiting Ofsted registration and properties owned by the
council.  16

2. What was your total spend (staffing costs plus property costs) to home
your looked after children under the age of 16 in this type of
accommodation for the year 1st August 2023 to 31st July 2024.  £2,036,253

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send to: Corporate Assurance Manager, Resources & Transformation, Civic
Centre, Darwall Street, Walsall, WS1 1TP.

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Yours sincerely,

Anne Perks

Assurance Officer

Walsall Council 

0800 0856018

[2]www.walsall.gov.uk 

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data protection, freedom of information or environmental information
legislation and therefore could be disclosed to third parties. We strongly
advise you not to email any information, which if disclosed to unrelated
third parties would be likely to cause harm or distress. If you have an
enquiry related to your confidentiality or data protection, please visit
the council data protection pages on our website

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