Adopted Child Maintenance Allowance

Thank you for your email which has been forwarded to the FOI office for response.

Kind regards

Customer Services
Swindon Borough Council
Wat Tyler House
Swindon SN1 2JG
Phone: 01793 445500

E-mail: [Swindon Borough Council request email]
Website: www.swindon.gov.uk

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Dear Ms Williams

Ref Freedom of Information Request 101000277655

Thank you for your request regarding Adopted Child Maintenance Allowance
dated 1^st June 2011.

Under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, the Council has a
duty to respond `promptly' or no later than 20 working days, which in this
case is Wednesday 29^th June 2011.

If you have any queries about this, please contact me as detailed quoting
the above reference number.

Yours sincerely

Sally Jansen ([email address])

Freedom of Information & Data Protection Coordinator

Adult Social Care / Safeguarding & Corporate Parenting

Swindon Borough Council

Tel: 01793 466824

Web: www.swindon.gov.uk

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Dear Ms Williams

Ref Freedom of Information Request 101000277655

Further to the email dated 2^nd June, please see the response to your
Freedom of Information request below:

First, how many families are receiving Adopted Child Maintenance
Allowances from your Council?

There are 18 families currently receiving what the Regulations refer to as
`Ongoing Financial Adoption Support' which used to be called `Weekly
Adoption Allowances'.

Second, how many adopted children are involved? (Some families may have
more than one.)

24 children.

I trust the above information has answered your request, however, if you
are not satisfied with the service you have received in relation to your
request and you wish to make a complaint or request a review of our
decision, you should write to:

Customer Services

Civic Offices

Euclid Street

Swindon

Website: [1]www.swindon.gov.uk

Email: [2][Swindon Borough Council request email]

The complaints/review procedure involves a full review and an examination
of all the information by the Council's Monitoring Officer.

If you are not content with the outcome of our conclusion, you may apply
directly to the Information Commissioner's Office for a decision, before
contacting the Council. Generally, the ICO cannot make a decision unless
you have exhausted the Council's own complaints procedure.

The Information Officer can be contacted at:

The Information Commissioner's Office,

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire

SK9 5AF

Email: [3][email address]

Tel: 01625 545700 (ask for Freedom of Information)

If you have any queries, please contact me as detailed, quoting the above
reference number in any future communications.

Yours sincerely

Sally Jansen ([email address])

Freedom of Information & Data Protection Coordinator

Adult Social Care / Safeguarding & Corporate Parenting

Swindon Borough Council

Tel: 01793 466824

Web: www.swindon.gov.uk

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