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Mr A J Howell

		Date:	7 September 2009
Our Ref:	BBJ/sjm/FOI753249	Your Ref:	[email address]

Dear Mr Howell

Application for Information from the Council - Reference Number 753249

The application that was received by the Council on 2 August 2009 has now been considered and this letter is a full response to that application. I apologise that there has been a delay in supplying the information.

Your request was to be supplied with information that relates to Children in the Community Team.

Freedom of Information Request - 753249
	Team 3	Team 5	Team 6	Team 7
i. Number of Qualified Social Workers employed by the Children in the Community Team	6	6	6.4	5
ii. (a) Number of Children Protection Cases currently being dealt with by the Children in the Community Team	195	148	143	142
ii. (b) Number of Children in Need Cases currently being dealt with by the Children in the Community Team	85	41	42	42

Note: As at 31/08/09 we held a caseload of 258 Child Protection Plans which is split between Children in the Community Teams and other Social Care teams. The above numbers relate only to the cases held within the Children in the Community Teams.

Please note that the information supplied to you continues to be protected by the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. You are free to use it for your own purposes, including any non commercial research you are doing and for the purposes of news reporting. Any other reuse such as commercial publication would require the permission of the Council.

If you are not satisfied with the way your request has been handled you may ask for an internal review to take place.

I hope that we have now supplied the information that you have requested. If you wish to discuss this letter or the information that is supplied then please contact me through the direct line telephone number above, but please leave a contact telephone number if I am unavailable. I can also be contacted by email [email address].

Yours sincerely

Bea Belgrave-Jones LL.B (Hons)

Information Access Officer

Bronwen Lacey - Director of Children's Services

Services for Children and Young People

Plymouth City Council

Plymouth

PL1 2AA

Tel: 01752 668000

Fax: 01752 307403

Tel: 01752 307323 Direct Line

E-mail: [email address]