1. In the 2024-25 financial year (FY), how much money did the council spend on placements for pupils in independent alternative provision (also known as pupil referral units)?
£2,111,000

2. Please could you also provide these figures for the 2019-2020, 2022-23 and 2023-24 FYs separately.
a) 2019-2020: £1,239,000
b) 2022-2023: £1,900,000
c) 2023-2024: £2,013,000