Dear Ms Wileman

SUBJECT: Freedom of Information Request

Thank you for your email of 1^st October 2009, in which you asked for the following information from the Ministry of Justice (MoJ):

`1) How many children were taken into local authority care on interim care orders and emergency protection orders under the category of emotional harm during the above period? I do not wish you to include any children for any other categories of harm/abuse.

2) Out of these children who were taken into care for emotional harm how many of them were specifically for domestic violence between their parents? Again I do not wish you to include children who had violence directed at them as that would fall into a different category being physical abuse.

3) Out of these children who were put into care for domestic violence how many were returned to family or extended family?

4) Out of these how many children were put on full care orders?

5) Of the children put on full care orders how many were adopted during these periods.'

Your request has been passed to me because I have responsibility for answering requests which relate to the Ministry of Justice and your request has been handled under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA).

After conducting a thorough search of our paper and electronic records I can confirm

that the information you have requested is not held by the MoJ. Your request would

be best dealt with by the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF).

To be helpful I have provided their contact details below, to help with your research. They are as follows:

Department for Children, Schools and Families
Sanctuary Buildings
Great Smith Street
London
SW1P 3BT

http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/foischeme/

I am sorry that on this occasion I have not been able to be of more assistance.

As part of our obligations under the FOIA, the MoJ has an independent review process. If you are dissatisfied with this decision, you may write to request an internal review. The internal review will be carried out by someone who did not make the original decision, and they will re-assess how the Department handled the original request.

If you wish to request an internal review, please write or send an email to the Data Access and Compliance Unit within two months of the date of this letter, at the following address:

Data Access and Compliance Unit

Information Directorate

Ministry of Justice

6^th Floor, Zone B

Post point 6.25

102 Petty France

London

SW1H 9AJ

E-mail: [email address]

If you remain dissatisfied after an internal review decision, you have the right to apply to the Information Commissioner's Office under Section 50 of the FOIA. You can contact the Information Commissioner's Office at the following address:

Information Commissioner's Office

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire

SK9 5AF

Internet: https://www.ico.gov.uk/Global/contact_us.aspx

Yours sincerely

David Keysell

Data Access & Compliance Unit