FOI Request - Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund

Request 101004061919

Please supply the following:

1. How many children were registered as adopted or under special guardianship in your area for the following years; 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025.

2. How much money is provided in a calendar year (1 Jan to 31 December) to your council through the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund, from the Department for Education? Please provide information for the following years; 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025.

3. How many individuals apply for this fund? Please provide information for the following years; 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025.

4. Please break these down into gender (e.g. male, female, trans or whichever way you record data) and ethnicity (e.g. white, Asian, black, mixed race etc. or whichever way you record data) for the corresponding years. This can be categorised (e.g 10 male, 3 white, 3 black, 4 Asian).

5. How many individuals receive this fund? Please provide information for the following years; 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025.

6. Please break these down into gender (e.g. male, female, trans or whichever way you record data) and ethnicity (e.g. white, Asian, black, mixed race etc. or whichever way you record data) for the corresponding years. This can be categorised (e.g 10 male, 3 white, 3 black, 4 Asian).

7. How much was assigned to each child that successfully applied to the fund for the following years: 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025.

8. How much was returned from unspent accounts to the Department for Education for the following financial years: 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025.