Adoptions

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Melizza Moore To FOI requests at
<[FOI #42265 email]> Hertfordshire County Council
<[Hertfordshire County Council request email]>
19/07/2010 21:00 cc
Subject Freedom of Information
request - Adoptions

Dear Hertfordshire County Council,

I wold like to know hoow many children were forcibly adopted
(withot parental consent, and parental wishes) since 2006

Yours faithfully,

Melizza Moore

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Reference number: FOI/CSF/07/10/2298

Dear Melizza Moore,

Thank you for your correspondence of 19th July 2010 requesting the
following information:

"I wold like to know hoow many children were forcibly adopted
(withot parental consent, and parental wishes) since 2006 "

Your request for information is being considered under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000. We will respond to your request as quickly as
possible, and by 17th August 2010 at the latest.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me, quoting
the reference number on this email.

Yours sincerely,

________________________________________
Information Governance Unit
Hertfordshire County Council
Telephone: 01992 555848
Fax: 01992 588117
Email: [email address]

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Dear Melizza Moore,

Reference number: FOI/CSF/07/10/2298

On 20th July 2010 we received the following request for information from
you:

'I wold like to know hoow many children were forcibly adopted
(withot parental consent, and parental wishes) since 2006'

Your request for information has been considered under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000. I can confirm that Hertfordshire County Council does
hold the information you have requested, and can respond as follows:

'We do not use the term 'forcibly adopted' but can give you a figure which
relates to children who were 'adopted through care proceedings'. Children
can be adopted in the main through two processes, in one the parent
voluntarily places their child for adoption this is called
'relinquishment'.

The second process is where children are placed through the courts
agreeing a care plan for adoption. There is then a final hearing at which
the parents can consent or continue to oppose, with the court making the
final order.

There were 202 children in Hertfordshire who, between 1st April 2006 and
31st March 2010, according to our records were adopted through care
proceedings, i.e. through the courts.'

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me, quoting
the reference number on this letter. To find out more about Freedom of
Information, please visit www.hertsdirect.org/foi

If you are unhappy with the way the County Council has handled your
request for information, you may complain through the County Council's
complaints procedure which is available at www.hertsdirect.org/complaints

If you are unhappy with the outcome of the complaints procedure you are
entitled to ask the Information Commissioner to investigate your
complaint. You should write to: FOI/EIR Complaints Resolution, Information
Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9
5AF.

Yours sincerely,
________________________________________
Information Governance Unit
Hertfordshire County Council
Telephone: 01992 555848
Fax: 01992 588117
Email: [email address]

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