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Statistics in relation to support provided under the local offer to care leavers.

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Olivia Letza cooper

Dear Devon County Council,

1. How much funding was allocated by the Council for the Higher Education bursary for the 2017/18, 2019/20 and 2021/22 academic years respectively? (By Higher Education bursary we mean the relevant amount referred to in s23C(5A) Children Act 1989).
(a) How many applications for a Higher Education bursary were received in each of the stated years?
(b) What was the total number of successful applications for each of the stated years?
(c) What was the total amount paid out in bursaries in each of the stated years?

2. How much funding was allocated by the Council for the ‘setting up home grant’, as referred to in Devons's local offer to care leavers, for the 2017/18, 2019/20 and 2021/22 financial years respectively?
(a) How many applications for the grant were received in each of the stated years?
(b) What was the total number of successful applications in each of the stated years?
(c) What was the total amount paid out for the grants in each of the stated years?

3. How much was allocated by the Council for the “money based incentives for attendance in education or training”, as referred to in Devon’s local offer to care leavers, for the 2017/18, 2019/20 and 2021/22 financial years respectively?
(a) How many requests for such incentives were received in each of the stated years?
(b) What was the total amount paid out in such incentives in each of the stated years?

4. How many former relevant children were given free access to sports facilities in Devon in 2018, 2020 and 2022 respectively?
(a) How many applications for such free access were received in each of the stated years?

5. How much was allocated in funding for transport costs when travelling to training, school/college, apprenticeships or job interviews, as referred to in Devon’s local offer to care leavers, for the 2017/18, 2019/20 and 2021/22 financial years respectively?
(a) How many requests were made for support with transport costs in each of the stated years?
(b) What was the total amount paid out in such transport costs for each of the stated years?

6. How many ring-fenced opportunities for work experience, apprenticeship and employment, as referred to in Devon’s local offer to care leavers, existed in 2018, 2020 and 2022.
(a) How many of those opportunities were applied for in each of the stated years?
(b) How many of those applications were successful in each of the stated years?

Yours faithfully,

Olivia Letza cooper

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Dear Olivia Cooper, 
  
Freedom of Information Act 2000 
Reference – 14292152 
  
We write further to your request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, and apologise for the delay in providing you with a response. 
  
Please see Devon County Council’s response linked to below: 
  
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Please note that Devon County Council now publishes most Freedom of Information and Environmental Information Regulations request responses on its disclosure log. Details of previous responses are available on our website. The Council requests that members of the public make use of its disclosure log search facility before making a Freedom of Information or Environmental Information Regulations request, as it is possible that the information sought, may have been disclosed in response to a prior request. 
  
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We hope this information is of assistance to you. 

Kind regards,

Hannah Halford
Access to Information Manager
Access to Information Team

01392 380100

Room 120, County Hall, Exeter, Devon, EX2 4QD

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