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This is an HTML version of an attachment to the Freedom of Information request 'Welfare Checklist (PLO) 2008 introduced to ensure children are placed with relatives rather than in care'.

Dr Carlton Brand BA. MSc. EngD

Director of Resources

Mrs L Taylor

[[FOI #21099 email]]

Fax: 01225 718399

Direct Line: 01225 718467

Operator: 0300 456 0100

E-mail: [email address]

Please ask for: Lesley Crawford Our ref: RFI 1797 Your ref:

24th November 2009

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County Hall, Bythesea Road, Trowbridge, Wiltshire BA14 8JN

Dear Mrs Taylor

Request for Information - RFI 1797 - Number of care orders via the Family Courts without reference to the welfare checklist

Thank you for your request for information received 15th October 2009. Please accept our sincere apologies for the delay in responding to your request.

As of 1st April 2009 Kennet, North Wiltshire, Salisbury and North Wiltshire District Councils and Wiltshire County Council ceased to exist and a unitary authority, Wiltshire Council, was created.

In response to your request for information, please find below our officers response:

The reply to your freedom of information request is that there is no requirement to complete such a checklist when applying for a care order. 

The Council has not withheld any information in relation to this request under the exemptions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

I hope the information received is what you were expecting.  However if you are unhappy with what has been provided, you can raise a complaint under the Council's Freedom of Information Complaints Procedure (enclosed) or you can contact the Information Commissioner's Office at Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF, 01625 545745. If you would like to discuss any of the information provided to you or would like further information on the complaints procedure, please contact me on the above number.

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Yours sincerely

Lesley Crawford (Mrs)

Corporate Information Officer