1/ For each of the last four financial years (including 2017/18), how many looked after children were placed in children’s homes within the authority area?
a) in total
b) were ‘out-of-borough’ (i.e. they were moved into a home within the local authority/borough from an alternative local authority)
and c) were recognised as being at risk from CSE?
| Year | Number Children’s Homes Placements in Devon | Number Children’s Homes Placements out of Devon |
| 2014 -2015 | 79 | 33 |
| 2015 – 2016 | 74 | 52 |
| 2016 – 2017 | 59 | 70 |
| 2017 – 2018 | 45 | 78 |
In respect of c) this information is not recorded.
Number of “Unique” children
For the number of unique children – counting them once within Devon and once out of county are:
| Year | Total No. Unique Children in a Children’s Home | Total No. Unique Children in a Devon Children’s Home | Total No. Unique Children in an Out of County Children’s Home | Total number in both a In and Out of County CH in period |
| 2014 – 2015 | 100 | 75 | 26 | * |
| 2015 – 2016 | 108 | 72 | 40 | * |
| 2016 – 2017 | 104 | 55 | 53 | * |
| 2016 – 2018 | 96 | * | * | 7 |
2/ For each of the last four financial years (including 2017/18), how many missing episodes occurred involving looked after children placed in children’s homes within the authority area
a) in total
b) Where the children were ‘out-of-borough’ (i.e. they were moved into a home within the local authority/borough from an alternative local authority)
and c) Where the children were recognised as being at risk from CSE?
In respect of c) this information is not recorded.
| Year | Number of missing episodes for children looked after placed in Children’s homes in Devon | Number of missing episodes for children looked after placed in Children’s homes out of Devon |
| 2014 – 2015 | * | * |
| 2015 – 2016 | * | * |
| 2016 – 2017 | 28 | 65 |
| 2017 – 2018 | 27 | 25 |
3/ In the last financial year (2017/18), how many looked after children went missing from children’s homes on 10 or more occasions in a single year?
a) In total
b) Where the children were ‘out-of-borough’
and c) Where the children were recognised as being at risk from CSE?
In respect of c) this information is not recorded.
| Year | Number of looked after children who went missing from Children’s homes in Devon on 10 or more occasions | Number of looked after children who went missing from Children’s homes out of Devon on 10 or more occasions |
| 2014 – 2015 | ||
| 2015 – 2016 | ||
| 2016 – 2017 | * | None |
| 2017 – 2018 | None | None |
4/ For the entirety of the last four financial years (including 2017/18), how many looked after children placed in children’s homes within the local authority who went missing were never found (i.e. no agency learned of their whereabouts)?
None
5/ The most number of times (episodes) that an individual looked after child went missing from a children’s home within the local authority in the last financial year (2017/18)?
Six