28^th January 2010

Dear Ms Fell

Re: Your request for information

Thank you for your email above. As the information you requested is not personal or environmental it has been processed in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Initially, I would like to take this opportunity to apologise for the delay in responding to your request. This is due to our attempt to determine whether the information you sought was indeed held by our authority.

I have investigated your request and the answers to your questions are as follows.

Q1. Total actual number of children within your local area as of March 31, 2009.

A1. In accordance with section 1 of this act this information cannot be provided as it is not held by this authority. We can confirm though that there are approximately 40,000 school age children within the Nottingham City Council area.

Q2. Of that total number of children, how many of that total had a CPR3 category B Child Protection Plan on March 31, 2009.

A2. I can confirm that the term “CPR3 category B Child Protection Plan” is not in use by Nottingham City Council and therefore in accordance with section 1 of this act this information cannot be provided as it is not held by this authority. We can; however, confirm that there were 375 children given a Child Protection Plan between 11 November 2008 and 31^st October 2009.

Most of the information that we provide in response to Freedom of Information Act 2000 requests will be subject to copyright protection. In most cases the copyright will be owned by Nottingham City Council. The copyright in other information may be owned by another person or organisation, as indicated in the information itself.

You are free to use any information supplied for your own use, including for non commercial research purposes. The information may also be used for the purposes of news reporting. However, any other type of re-use, for example, by publishing the information or issuing copies to the public will require the permission of the copyright

owner.

For information where the copyright is owned by the Council details of the conditions on re-use can be obtained by contacting the Information Governance Office of Nottingham City Council at The Guildhall, Nottingham, NG1 4BT or by telephoning us on (0115) 9154155. For information where the copyright is owned by another person or organisation, you must apply to the copyright owner to obtain their permission.

If you should have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me on the above number quoting your personal case reference which is IGO/09-6475.

If you are not satisfied with the response provided or any exemptions applied you should write in the first instance to Stephanie Pearson, Information Governance, The Guildhall, Burton Street, Nottingham, NG1 4BT stating the reasons for your dissatisfaction. If you remain dissatisfied after receiving a response to your initial complaint you can request an independent review from the Information Commissioner's Office at FOI/EIR Complaints Resolution, Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF. You may also contact the Information Commissioner's Office by telephone on 01625 545745 or by email at [email address].

Yours sincerely

Glenn E. Estes

Information Governance Case Administrator

For and on behalf of the Information Governance Office

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