1. How many looked after children were under the care of the local authority over the last 5 years? If this can be broken down year by year: This information is published at the following site https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-looked-after-children

2. How many of these children were placed in a children's home? A children home is defined as a residential setting and regulated by OFSTED: This information is published at the following site https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-looked-after-children

3. How many children under question 1 were placed within Wokingham Council's administrative area: This information is published at the following site https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-looked-after-children

4. How many children were placed outside of Wokingham’s administrative area: This information is published at the following site https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-looked-after-children

5. How many planning applications has the Council received for the use of a property as a children's home either via
a) A certificate of lawfulness: 0
b) Planning application: See list attached. As children’s care homes don’t have a specific planning use class or category I attach a list of all likely applications that may fall into the area of interest – there is a link to our web-site for each planning application identified that will allow the requestor to research the details for each application for themselves if required.

6. How many of these applications were granted/refused: See list attached

7. Have any of these applications been appealed if they were refused: No

8. How many children's homes are currently registered and operating within Wokingham's administrative area?
We do not deal with registrations, this would be held by Ofsted.