Care leavers

1. As of 1 April 2018, how many care leavers are living in your area?
Aged 18-21 Aged 22-25

We have interpreted this to relate to rent and deposit payments for Care Leavers. We are unable to identify these payments as they are not coded separately to other types of incidental expenditure for Care Leavers, and also may be made to either the care leaver directly, or the letting agent or landlord. Therefore we do not hold this information. This response applies to Questions 1 – 7 and to Questions 9 – 12.

2. Since 1 April 2018, how many care leavers aged 22-25 have got in touch to request the services of a Personal Advisor or support for the following purposes?
Please note that if the response to a question is 0, please mark as such. If you do not hold or collect data, please mark as X.

Number
Total number of care leavers aged 22-25 who got back in touch
Number of care leavers aged 22-25 who got back in touch because of housing difficulties or homelessness

3. How many care leavers aged 18-21 presented as homeless to the council in each of the following years?
2015/16 2016/17 2017/18

4. How many care leavers aged 22-25 presented as homeless to the council in each of the following years?
2015/16 2016/17 2017/18

5. How many care leavers aged 18-21 received discretionary housing payments in each of the following years?
2015/16 2016/17 2017/18

6. What was the value of discretionary housing payments paid to care leavers aged 18-21 in each of the following years?
2015/16 2016/17 2017/18
£ £ £

7. How many care leavers aged 22-25 received discretionary housing payments in each of the following years?
2015/16 2016/17 2017/18

8. What was the value of discretionary housing payments paid to care leavers aged 22-25 in each of the following years?
2015/16 2016/17 2017/18
£ £ 

Housing Benefit is the responsibility of District and Unitary Councils please contact them directly using the information on the links provided. They do provide us with information about overall Housing Benefit payments towards our care leaver placement costs this does not include the level of detail asked in the question. Therefore, we do not hold this information.

9. How many care leavers aged 18-21 receiving discretionary housing payment (question 5), were living in the private rented sector in each of the following years?
2015/16 2016/17 2017/18

10. How many care leavers aged 22-25 receiving discretionary housing payment (question 7), were living in the private rented sector in each of the following years?
2015/16 2016/17 2017/18

11. What was the total amount of Discretionary housing payment made by the council in each of the following years?
2015/16 2016/17 2017/18
£ £ £

12. How many care leavers aged 22-25 that received Discretionary Housing Benefit had the shared accommodation rate limit applied to their housing benefit entitlement in each of the following years?
2015/16 2016/17 2017/18