Dear Miss Griffiths
Thank you for your request for information dated 19 October 2009, received on 20 October 2009, concerning independent psychological assessments, in care proceedings.
North Yorkshire County Council (NYCC) does hold the information you have requested however, from our preliminary assessment, we estimate that compliance with your request would exceed 18 hours, the appropriate costs limit, under section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA).
NYCC has identified a number of cases in which Ms Pecherek was involved therefore, NYCC estimates that the large amount of work involved would bring the cost of answering the request, over the amount to which we are legally required to respond. Our estimation reflects the length of time it took to locate and retrieve the information and how long it will take to extract the information from each individual file.
However, rather than refusing your request at this stage, NYCC would like to invite you to consider amending your request, so it comes under the appropriate costs limit. We estimate that within the time limit of the FOIA (18 hours) we would be able to provide the information you have requested for cases from 2005 to the present time. This is the only way in which NYCC would be able to provide any information to you within the time limit provided by the FOIA. Can you please confirm that you are content with NYCC restricting your request to this period?
Please find attached our appeals procedure.
Yours sincerely
Isabel Esteves
Education and Employment Lawyer
For Assistant Chief Executive (Legal & Democratic Services)
>>> "Miss A. Griffiths" <
[FOI #21369 email]> 19/10/2009 14:13 >>>
Dear Sir or Madam,
Please furnish me with the following information in full, for all
years from 2000 through to the present day:
1. How many care proceedings cases involved a psychological
assessment with Ms Andrea Pecherek, Psychologist?
2. Of the above cases how many children were recommended to be
returned to the care of their birth parents by Ms Pecherek?
3. How many care plans were amended to include Ms Pechereks
recommendations for reunification?
4. How many children were actually rehabilitated to the care of
their birth parents following Ms Pecherek's recommendations?
5. Of the above cases how many children were recommended to be
placed with family & friends foster carers by Ms Pecherek?
6. Of the above cases how many children were recommended for
Special Guardianship Orders by Ms Andrea Pecherek?
7. Of the above cases how many children were recommended to be
placed in long-term foster care by Ms Pecherek?
8. Of the above cases how many children were recommended to be
freed for adoption by Ms Pecherek?
9. Of the above assessments how many mothers were said to have
Borderline Personality Disorder (Emotionally Unstable Personality
Disorder: Borderline Type) in Ms Pecherek's reports?
10. How many mothers with a diagnosis of Borderline Personality
Disorder did Ms Pecherek recommend treatment/therapy but state it
would be outside the timescales of the child(ren) in her reports?
11. In how many of the above cases did NYCC knowingly provide Ms
Pecherek with inaccurate inforamtion about the
family/child(ren)/parent?
12. How many of Ms Pecherek's reports were amended to include/ommit
specific information at the request of NYCC?
Yours faithfully,
Miss A. Griffiths
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