Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I would like to request information about your provision (for the purposes of assessment or support) for parents/mothers and babies, where the child is at risk of being taken into care in your local authority area. This provision may be commissioned or in-house and could be described as:
• Residential parenting assessment
• Specialist) parenting assessment placement/unit
• Residential family centre
• Mother/parent and baby unit (MBU)
• Intensive parenting assessment unit
(If your authority uses different terminology, please include equivalent services)
Please provide data relating to your current provision.
If exact figures are not held, please provide your best estimate and state this clearly.

1. How many residential units or centres within your local authority area provide accommodation for parents/mothers and babies for assessment or support?

2. What is the total number of residential places available in these units or centres?
a) Number of places for a parent/mother
b) Number of places for babies

3. How many parent and child foster care places do you currently have in your local authority area?
a) Number of places for a parent/mother
b) Number of places for babies

4. On the date you receive this FOI request, how many places for a parent/mother and baby/babies are currently vacant?

5. In the past 12 months, how many parents and babies from your area have been placed:
a) Within your local authority area?
b) Outside your local authority area?