Adoption Breakdowns

Dear Miss Moore,

 

Thank you for your request for information relating to adoption
placements, which was received on 07/02/2012.

 

Your request is being dealt with in accordance with the Freedom of
information Act 2000 and you can expect a response from us within the
appropriate statutory time limit.

 

Please remember to quote reference number FOI 7177 in any future
communications.

 

Kind Regards

 

Sarah

 

 

 

 

Mrs Sarah Condry

Records Management Officer

Information Policy Team

Children's Services

E: Information Policy team: [1][email address]

T: 0113 2475064

F: 0113 2475354

 

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Dear Ms Moore

 

I refer to the above and your email dated 7 February. I have contacted the
relevant services and now provide the following response to your request
for information relating to adopted children.

 

If an adoption placement breaks down, are the birth parents automatically
notified, and if not, could you explain why?

We would not usually notify birth parents if an adoption placement breaks
down as there is no legal relationship and therefore no legal requirement
for us to do so. If there are ongoing contact arrangements with the birth
parents, then consideration will be given on a case by case basis of how
this will be managed.

 

I hope this information is useful to you, however if you are dissatisfied
with this response then you have a right to appeal to an independent
officer within children’s services. On appeal, your request will be
re-examined and an assessment made as to whether the requirements of the
Act have been adhered to. Should you wish to follow this course of action
then please address your concerns in writing to Moin Patel, Knowledge and
Technology Team, 10th Floor East, Merrion House, Leeds, LS2 8DT or by
email at [1][email address].

 

You also have a right under Section 50 of the Freedom of Information Act
to ask the Information Commissioner to take a decision as to whether we
have met with our obligations under the Act.  The Commissioner has made it
clear however that he expects all applicants to exhaust internal appeals
procedures prior to making such an application. Should you wish to contact
the Commissioner’s Office then you can write to the following address:

 

            Office of the Information Commissioner,

            Wycliffe House,

            Water Lane,

            Wilmslow,

            Cheshire,

            SK9 5AF.

 

You may also contact the Commissioner via his website at [2]www.ico.gov.uk

 

I trust that this is self explanatory although if you have any queries
then please don’t hesitate to contact me on Leeds 3950782, or by return
email.

 

Kind Regards

 

 

Nicola Palmer

Information Policy Access Officer

Children's Services

Tel: (0113) 3950782 (ext 50782)

Fax: (0113) 2475354 (ext 75354)

 

 

 

 

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