Adoptions

Dear Melizza

I have logged your request with the FOI Team and they will respond
within 20 working days. Your reference number is 1217651. As you put
in 2 requests, one from November 2006 and one from 2006 I only put
through the last one as it would cover both periods. I hope this is
useful.

With kind regards

Jenny Pattenden
Customer Advisor - Somerset Direct

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Tel Number: 0845 345 9166
[email address]

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Taunton Deane Borough Council & Avon and Somerset Police.

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6373780 Registered office:PO Box 41, North Harbour, Portsmouth, Hants
PO6 3AU

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Dear Ms Moore

Thank you for your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. We
are now able to proceed with the search and will advise you as soon as
possible when the information is available and whether we can disclose it
to you under the Act.

Once the information has been identified, we may ask that a fee be paid to
cover the copying of the material if substantial.

Yours sincerely

CYPD/FOI Representative
Somerset County Council
Taunton TA1 4DY
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Dear Ms Moore

Thank you for your email of 21st June 2010, where you requested
information about Adoptions.

From our preliminary assessment, it is clear that we will not be able to
answer your request without further clarification.

The Children Social Care team requires further information in order to
identify and locate the information you have asked for. In particular, it
would be useful to know if you mean - 'placed for adoption' or for whom
Adoption Orders have been made?

Once you have clarified your request, I will be able to begin to process
your request. If I do not receive clarification within three months your
request will be considered to have lapsed. (Under section 1(3) of the
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), a public authority need not comply with
a request unless any further information reasonably required to locate the
information is supplied).

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communications.

Yours sincerely

CYPD/FOI Representative
Somerset County Council
Taunton TA1 4DY
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Dear Melizza

Thank you, I will pass this onto the team.

Regards

Michele

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Dear Ms Moore
Thank you for your recent request for information from Somerset County
Council under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 as
follows:-

I would like to know how many children have been forcibly adopted
(against parental consent) since 2006?
From Somerset County Council Adoption Agency. Between April 2006 and
March 2010 a total of 93 children were adopted as a result of Care
Orders and Placement Orders.

If you are not satisfied with this response you can request an internal
review by SCC by sending an email to the Corporate Information Governance
Manager, Peter Grogan at [1][email address] . If you are still
not satisfied, you can complain to the Information Commissioner, details
at [2]www.ico.gov.uk <[3]http://www.ico.gov.uk/>.
Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF.
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Information legislation and you may require a licence from us for any use
outside the purposes permitted by law. Further information is at
[4]www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2005/20051515.htm

Yours sincerely

CYPD/FOI Representative
Somerset County Council
Taunton TA1 4DY
educ[Somerset County Council request email]

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