Freedom of information response

Is your organisation currently recruiting in-house foster carers? Yes

How many in-house foster carers do you need to recruit this year? (Please provide number of households and number of carers as separate figures). Net gain of 15 households or greater

What is your annual spend on recruiting in-house foster carers? Please provide annual figures for the financial years 2018-2019, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23.

If any of the following questions would make answering this request unduly burdensome or exceed the length of time allotted for this request, please disregard them. For the financial years as above:

Please note, we have provided for the years where the data is available within the timeframe for the FoI

What is your annual spend on Independent Fostering Agencies?

What is your annual spend on in-house fostering?

What is your annual spend on residential children’s homes?

What is your annual spend on respite care and short breaks?

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