Learning disability residential placement funding

In the following financial years how many children under the age of 18 (with a learning disability and/or autism) did your local authority commission educational funding to send them to a ’52 week residential placement’ for schooling and/or additional support?
a) 2015/16 – Exemption Section 40(2)
b) 2016/17 – Exemption Section 40(2)
c) 2017/18 – 9

2. In relation to Q1, please give the total financial costs to the local authority for sending the child/children to a ’52 week residential placement’ for schooling and/or additional support?
a) 2015/16 – £265,000
b) 2016/17 – £325,000
c) 2017/18 – £504,000

3. In relation to Q1 how many of the 52 week placements are out of county/out of area and what is the furthest distance of that one child has been placed from the local area?
a) 2015/16 – Exemption Section 40(2) 102 miles
b) 2016/17 – Section 40(2) – 84 miles
c) 2017/18 – 9 – 199 miles

4. In the following financial years how many children under the age of 18 (with a learning disability and/or autism) did your local authority commission educational funding to send them to a ’38 week residential placement’ for schooling and/or additional support?
a) 2015/16 – Exemption Section 40(2)
b) 2016/17 – Exemption Section 40(2)
c) 2017/18 – Exemption Section 40(2)

5. In relation to Q4, please give the total financial costs to the local authority for sending the child/children to a ’38 week residential placement’ for schooling and/or additional support?
a) 2015/16 – £180,000
b) 2016/17 – £280,000
c) 2017/18 – £111,000

6. In relation to Q4, how many of the 38 week placements are out of county/out of area and what is the furthest distance of that one child has been placed from the local area?
a) 2015/16 – Exemption Section 40(2) – 75 miles
b) 2016/17  – Exemption Section 40(2)- 75 miles
c) 2017/18 – Exemption Section 40(2) – 67 miles