Information Team Croydon
Digital Services
Assistant Chief Executive Directorate
Bernard Wetherill House
7th Floor, Zone B
Croydon
CR0 1EA

Contact: Information Team
[email address]

 

Dear C David

Request FOI/10764

Further to your request received on 30/09/2024, I confirm that the Council
has now considered your request under the Freedom of Information Act
2000. Specifically, you have requested the following information:

"Dear Croydon Borough Council,

I would like to request the following information under the freedom of
Information Act (2000) in relation to the Supported Accommodation services
of your Local Authority:

1. How many children and young adults (including children looked after,
care leavers and UASC) were placed in supported accommodation settings by
the local authority on 31st March in the following years (31 March 2021,
31 March 2022, 31 March 2023, 31 March 2024)? Please could you also
provide this information for those aged 16-17 and 18+ split by the amount
of weekly support hours commissioned?

16 & 17 year olds

1-6 hours [ x ] [ x ] [ x ] [ x ]
7-12 hours [ x ] [ x ] [ x ] [ x ]
13-18 hours [ x ] [ x ] [ x ] [ x ]
19-24 hours [ x ] [ x ] [ x ] [ x ]
25-48 hours [ x ] [ x ] [ x ] [ x ]
49-72 hours [ x ] [ x ] [ x ] [ x ]
73-96 hours [ x ] [ x ] [ x ] [ x ]
96-167 hours [ x ] [ x ] [ x ] [ x ]
168 hours (24/7 placements) [ x ] [ x ] [ x ] [ x ]
Other placements [ x ] [ x ] [ x ] [ x ]
Total 16- & 17-year-olds [ x ] [ x ] [ x ] [ x ]

18+ year olds

1-6 hours [ x ] [ x ] [ x ] [ x ]
7-12 hours [ x ] [ x ] [ x ] [ x ]
13-18 hours [ x ] [ x ] [ x ] [ x ]
19-24 hours [ x ] [ x ] [ x ] [ x ]
25-48 hours [ x ] [ x ] [ x ] [ x ]
49-72 hours [ x ] [ x ] [ x ] [ x ]
73-96 hours [ x ] [ x ] [ x ] [ x ]
96-167 hours [ x ] [ x ] [ x ] [ x ]
168 hours (24/7 placements) [ x ] [ x ] [ x ] [ x ]
Other placements [ x ] [ x ] [ x ] [ x ]
Total 18+ year olds [ x ] [ x ] [ x ] [ x ]
Total placements [ x ] [ x ] [ x ] [ x ]

2. How many children and young adults (including children looked after,
care leavers and UASC) were placed in supported accommodation settings by
the local authority during the year from 1st April to 31st March in the
following years, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)? Please could you also provide
this information for those aged 16-17 and 18+ split by the amount of
weekly support hours commissioned?:

16 & 17 year olds
1-6 hours [ x ] [ x ] [ x ] [ x ]
7-12 hours [ x ] [ x ] [ x ] [ x ]
13-18 hours [ x ] [ x ] [ x ] [ x ]
19-24 hours [ x ] [ x ] [ x ] [ x ]
25-48 hours [ x ] [ x ] [ x ] [ x ]
49-72 hours [ x ] [ x ] [ x ] [ x ]
73-96 hours [ x ] [ x ] [ x ] [ x ]
96-167 hours [ x ] [ x ] [ x ] [ x ]
168 hours (24/7 placements) [ x ] [ x ] [ x ] [ x ]
Other placements [ x ] [ x ] [ x ] [ x ]
Total 16- & 17-year-olds [ x ] [ x ] [ x ] [ x ]

18+ year olds
1-6 hours [ x ] [ x ] [ x ] [ x ]
7-12 hours [ x ] [ x ] [ x ] [ x ]
13-18 hours [ x ] [ x ] [ x ] [ x ]
19-24 hours [ x ] [ x ] [ x ] [ x ]
25-48 hours [ x ] [ x ] [ x ] [ x ]
49-72 hours [ x ] [ x ] [ x ] [ x ]
73-96 hours [ x ] [ x ] [ x ] [ x ]
96-167 hours [ x ] [ x ] [ x ] [ x ]
168 hours (24/7 placements) [ x ] [ x ] [ x ] [ x ]
Other placements [ x ] [ x ] [ x ] [ x ]
Total 18+ year olds [ x ] [ x ] [ x ] [ x ]
Total placements [ x ] [ x ] [ x ] [ x ]

3. In relation to any Frameworks you currently operate for Supported
Accommodation, please provide the following information (including
Provider name) about the number of YP placed, the average hourly rate paid
for these placements, hours provisioned a week, per age bracket and
commentary around any applicable discounts agreed with said Provider.

Provider and the below details listed on a per provider basis:
- No of placements 16-17 yrs old
- Hourly rate of 16-17 yr old
- Av hours a week for 16-17 yr old
- No of placements 18+ yrs old
- Hourly rate of 18+ yr old
- Av hours a week for 18+ yr old
- Discounts agreed

4. What is your total spend on supported accommodation placements by the
local authority in the following financial years (2020/21, 2021/22,
2022/23, 2023/24)? Please could you also provide this information for
those aged 16-17 and 18+.

16 & 17 year olds

1-6 hours [ x ] [ x ] [ x ] [ x ]
7-12 hours [ x ] [ x ] [ x ] [ x ]
13-18 hours [ x ] [ x ] [ x ] [ x ]
19-24 hours [ x ] [ x ] [ x ] [ x ]
25-48 hours [ x ] [ x ] [ x ] [ x ]
49-72 hours [ x ] [ x ] [ x ] [ x ]
73-96 hours [ x ] [ x ] [ x ] [ x ]
96-167 hours [ x ] [ x ] [ x ] [ x ]
168 hours (24/7 placements) [ x ] [ x ] [ x ] [ x ]
Other placements [ x ] [ x ] [ x ] [ x ]
Total 16- & 17-year-olds [ x ] [ x ] [ x ] [ x ]

18+ year olds

1-6 hours [ x ] [ x ] [ x ] [ x ]
7-12 hours [ x ] [ x ] [ x ] [ x ]
13-18 hours [ x ] [ x ] [ x ] [ x ]
19-24 hours [ x ] [ x ] [ x ] [ x ]
25-48 hours [ x ] [ x ] [ x ] [ x ]
49-72 hours [ x ] [ x ] [ x ] [ x ]
73-96 hours [ x ] [ x ] [ x ] [ x ]
96-167 hours [ x ] [ x ] [ x ] [ x ]
168 hours (24/7 placements) [ x ] [ x ] [ x ] [ x ]
Other placements [ x ] [ x ] [ x ] [ x ]
Total 18+ year olds [ x ] [ x ] [ x ] [ x ]
Total placements [ x ] [ x ] [ x ] [ x ]

5. Ofsted now requires supported accommodation providers to be registered
and regulated for 16-17 placements. Of all the current 16-17 year olds in
supported accommodation placements by the local authority, how many are
placed with providers that have successfully registered with Ofsted?

6. Of all the current 16-17 year olds in supported accommodation
placements by the local authority, how many are placed with providers that
have not yet successfully registered with Ofsted (split between those that
you know to have applied for registration, those that you know not yet to
have applied for registration, and those whose status is unknown)?

7. How many children and young adults (including children looked after,
care leavers and UASC) currently placed, prior to their current Supported
Accommodation setting came from either: other supported accommodation
units; residential care; not in care; or other?

8. How many children and young adults (including children looked after,
care leavers and UASC) that have left their Supported Accommodation unit
during the year from 1st April 2023 to 31st March 2024 have left to go to:
other supported accommodation units; residential care; not in care; or
other?

9. Of the children and young adults (including children looked after, care
leavers and UASC) that have left a supported accommodation unit during the
year from 1st April 2023 to 31st March 2024, please provide detail on the
length of their placement – 1 week, 2 weeks, 3 weeks, 4 weeks, 5-12 weeks,
13-24 weeks, 25-36 weeks, 37 weeks to 52 weeks, 53 weeks and over.

10. Of the children and young adults (including children looked after,
care leavers and UASC) placed in supported accommodation, how many were
placed within the local authority and how many were placed in other local
authorities? Please provide this information split between 16-17 year olds
and 18+.

11. Of the children and young adults placed in supported accommodation,
how many would form part of the UASC cohort? Please provide this
information split between 16-17 year olds and 18+ and for the years 2021,
2022, 2023 and 2024. Please also provide the expected growth trend in the
UASC population that are expected to be placed in Supported Accommodation.

If the above information could be provided in excel format where possible
that would be appreciated.

Please note that if certain questions result in greater administrative
burden or cost of research, then we are happy for you to respond to those
questions at a later date.
If it is not possible to provide the information requested due to the
information exceeding the cost of compliance limits identified in Section
12, please provide advice and assistance, under the Section 16 obligations
of the Act, as to how I can refine my request.

If the information requested contains sections of confidential
information, please blank out or remove these sections, and mark clearly
that they have been removed."
 

In response to the above request, we can provide the numbers for numbers
for care leavers who were in supported accommodation. We don’t have the
details recorded as supported accommodation for CLA children. We can
provide numbers for unregulated placements. But not for others as they are
recorded based on the following placement types.

For info: CLA Placement Types on CRS:

 

A3 - Placed for adoption with consent (under section 19 of the 2002 Act)
with current foster carer
A4 - Placed for adoption with consent (under section 19 of the 2002 Act)
not with current foster carer
A6 - Placed for adoption with placement order (under section 21 of the
2002 Act) not with current foster carer
H5R - Semi-independent living accommodation not subject to Children's
Homes Regulations (Regulated Placement)
H5U - Semi-independent living accommodation not subject to Children's
Homes Regulations (Unregulated Placement)
K2 - Children's Homes subject to Children's Homes Regulations
P1 - Placed with own parents or other person with parental responsibility
R2 - NHS/Health Trust
R3 - Family centre or mother and baby unit
R5 - Young Offender Institution or prison
S1 - All Residential schools
T0 - All types of temporary move
U1 - Foster placement with relative or friend- long term fostering
U3 - Foster placement with relative or friend- not long term or FFA
U4 -  Placement with other foster carer- long term fostering
U6 -  Placement with other foster carer - not long term or FFA
 

With the above in mind, please see attached available CLA placements and
Care Leavers accommodation data in specified periods (2021,2022,2023 &
2024).

 

The Council publishes Access to Information requests and responses on its
online Disclosure Log. (Any request included within this log will be
anonymised appropriately)

To view the Council’s Disclosure Log, please visit our website available
here:

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If you are dissatisfied with the way the Council has handled your request
under the Freedom of Information Act, you may ask for an internal review.
This should be submitted to us within 40 working days of this response.
You can do this by outlining the details of your complaint by:

 

Email:        [2][email address]

 

Writing:     Information Team

London Borough of Croydon

Bernard Weatherill House

Floor 7 - Zone B

8 Mint Walk

Croydon, CR0 1EA

 

Any requests received after the 40 working day time limit will be
considered only at the discretion of the council.

 

If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have
the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a
decision. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at:

 

Information Commissioner’s Office

Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire, SK9 5AF

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Information Team

Croydon Digital Services

Assistant Chief Executive Directorate

Bernard Wetherill House,

Mint Walk,

Croydon,

CR0 1EA

 

 

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