Mrs L Taylor

Dear Mrs Taylor

Application for Information from the Council - Reference Number 759344

The application that was received by the Council on 14^th October 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.

The Council does hold the information that you have requested and this is included in this letter.

Q. How many times your Local Authority has applied for care orders via the Family Courts WITHOUT the Welfare checklist set out in section 1 of the Children Act 1989 being completed.

A. Nil

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

Information Access Officer

Copy: File

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]

www.plymouth.gov.uk