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Help text: This Includes expenditure on residential care in Voluntary Children’s and Registered Children’s Homes as defined in Children Act 1989. This covers: associated independent visitor costs and relevant contact payments under sections 20/34 of the Children Act 1989; homes where education is provided, but does not attract education department funds; boarding schools. Include the social services share of the costs of community homes with education provision and the social services element of accommodating children with special education needs in schools where the education element is met by the education department. To note: the spend on children’s education is recorded in the education lines of the table.

Explicitly excludes short breaks for looked after disabled children.

Gross figures are actual total estimated costs of the activities before allowance for any expected income, but after allowing for any “buyback” income from the authority’s own schools to avoid double counting. Both expenditure and income should be excluded where LA maintained schools are buying services.

Planned spend (gross) on Residential Care is found in the following lists

Planned spend (gross) on Residential Care applies to

Planned spend (gross) on Residential Care has subjects

Metric types list