FOI Request - Looked After Children under LA Care

Request 101003570175

1.  How many Looked After Children under the care of your council were placed as at 31st December 2023:

(a)  Outside the council’s boundary and more than 20 miles away from home?

(b)  Outside the council’s boundary and more than 50 miles away from home?

(c)  Outside the council’s boundary and more than 100 miles away from home?

2.  How many Looked After Children's residential care placements (both external and in-house) were costing more than £10,000 per week as at 31st December 2023 (whether you were paying for it standalone or in combination with health partners)?

3.  As at 31st December 2023, what was the highest weekly cost of a Looked After Child's residential care placement that your council was paying for standalone (i.e. no other partner organisations such as Health were contributing towards it)?

4.  As at 31st December 2023, what was the highest weekly cost of a Looked After Child's residential care placement that your council was contributing to with other partners such as Health?

5.  In relation to both questions 3, 4 and 5, what were the names of the residential care homes where the Looked After Children were residing?

Response 06-06-2024

1. 25 children accommodated outside Moray. These are a variety of placement types including foster care, kinship care, residential care, supported accommodation and secure care.

a) 24 children

b) 19 children

c) 16 children

2. None

3. £7085

4. None

5. 

In Moray Residential
CALA, 10-12, CUMMING CIRCLE, ELGIN, IV30 6JX
Action for Children: 50 LAND STREET, BUCKIE, AB56 1QS
Action for Children: 6 ROWAN LEA, ELGIN, MORAY, IV30 6FP
Action for Children: 5/6, CULBIN ROAD, FORRES, MORAY, IV36 1HZ

Out of Moray Residential
THE ROYAL BLIND SCHOOL, 43 CANAAN LANE, EDINBURGH, AB56 4SN
SPARK OF GENIUS, DAVIDSHILL FARM, DALRY, KA24 4JD
HILLSIDE SCHOOL, MAIN STREET, ABERDOUR, BURNTISLAND, FIFE, KY3 0RH
LINN MOOR RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL, PETERCULTER, ABERDEEN, AB14 0PL
ST MARY'S KENMURE, ST. MARYS ROAD, BISHOPBRIGGS, GLASGOW, G64 2EH
KEILHILL COTTAGE, KING EDWARD, BANFF, AB45 3LT
OCEAN VIEW BANFF, 12 PROVOST GORDON TERRACE, BANFF, AB45 1FA
BACHLAW PROJECTS, UPPER SEAVIEW, CORNHILL, BANFF, AB45 2HJ
CUROS SALUS LTD, LAUREL HOUSE, 15 NORTH ROAD, JOHNSTONE, PA5 8NE