My Ref:
IGO/10-6485
Your Ref:
Contact:
Andrew Goodfellow
Email:
[Nottingham City Council request email]
Information Governance
Resources
The Guildhall
Nottingham
NG1 4BT
Mr. J. Moore
Tel: 0115 915 4155
Fax: 0115 915 4082
www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk
[email address]
4th February 2010
Dear Mr. Moore
Re: Your request for information
Thank you for your email dated 3rd January 2010 and subsequent chase email of 2nd
February 2010. 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 reiterate our apology for the delay in
responding to your request. This is due to us encountering problems obtaining the
information from the relevant department. Please be assured we are currently
carrying out a thorough review of all our office procedures to minimise the possibility
of any future delays.
I have investigated your request and am pleased to attach a copy of a document
which addresses your questions as detailed below. Please note that this information
covers the period 2006 – 2009. The document is entitled,
“10-6485 RFI Statistics.pdf”
‘Numerical statistics in order by year during the period of 1999 to 2009 (or as far back
as you can go without charging me) for the following;
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?
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
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.’
We note that you have requested that we only provide y
ou with information that would
not exceed the appropriate limit. However for completeness and for your reference
please find below the estimated cost of locating and retrieving the information for the
period 1999 – 2005. Please note that any further request for this information within
the next 60 working days will be chargeable at the amount detailed.
Should you still wish to receive all the information you originally requested, please
send a cheque
made payable to Nottingham City Council for the full amount to
Information Governance, Nottingham City Council, The Guildhall, Burton Street,
Nottingham, NG1 4BT.
Estimated costs
£43,750.00
( 1750 hours @ £25 per hour)
Reproduction costs
£0.00
Postage costs
£0.00
Total due
£43,750.00
Our cost estimate is based on a manual search of approximately 2,625 cases with an
average of four files each at 10 minutes per file in order to retrieve the information
requested.
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/10-6485 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
Senior Information Governance Officer
