Concurrent Fostering - Age range

Dear S Smith

Thank you for your email.

I acknowledge your request for information under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000. Assuming we hold this information, I will endeavour
to supply the data to you as soon as possible but no later than 4th June
2009 (20 working days from date of receipt).

I will advise you as soon as possible if we do not hold this information
or if there are exemptions to be considered and/or any costs for providing
the information. Please quote our reference - FOI/09/498 - in any
communication regarding this particular request.

Best regards

Corporate Access to Information Team, Chief Executive's Department
Kent County Council, Legal & Democratic Services, Room 1.94, Sessions
House, County Hall, Maidstone. ME14 1XQ.
Tel: 01622 696265 or 01622 694261 - Fax: 01622 694383
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Dear S Smith

Thank you for your request for information made under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000.

I have been advised that in Kent the Concurrency team provide a service
to children and their parents under the age of two years. We do not
operate the model with older children although this is the model that
they follow in the States. If the individual wishes to see exactly what
our concurrency team offer then they can find the details on the KCC
adoption website at the following link :
http://www.kent.gov.uk/SocialCare/childr...

Concurrent carers do not automatically continue to receive an adoption
allowance post the adoption order. This allowance is both means tested
using the DCSF means test but it also based on the whether the child's
needs fit the adoption support criteria as set out in the Adoption
support regulations 2005. None of our concurrency adopters have gone
onto become special guardians, they have become adopters.

We did run a project called 'Staying Together' for four years where
foster carers were supported to either adopt or apply for a residence
order for their foster children if they had been with them for a long
period of time. This project ceased two years ago and was not a
concurrency model.

If you are unhappy with this response, and believe KCC has not complied
with legislation, please ask for a review by following our complaints
process; details can be found at this link
http://www.kent.gov.uk/council-and-democ...
s/complaints-procedure.htm#foi on our website. Please quote reference
FOI/09/498.

If you still remain dissatisfied following an internal review, you can
appeal to the Information Commissioner, who oversees compliance with the
Freedom of Information Act 2000. Details of what you need to do, should
you wish to pursue this course of action, are available from the
Information Commissioner's website
http://www.ico.gov.uk/complaints/freedom...

Best regards

Michelle Hunt
Access to Information Co-ordinator
Communication & Information Governance
Children, Families & Education Directorate
Kent County Council
Room 2.35, Sessions House
Maidstone, Kent, ME14 1XQ
External: 01622 696692
Internal: 7000 6692
Email: [email address]

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Dear S Smith

Thank you for your email.

I acknowledge your request for information under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000. Assuming we hold this information, we will
endeavour to supply the data to you as soon as possible but no later
than 24th June 2009 (20 working days from date of receipt).

We will advise you as soon as possible if we do not hold this
information or if there are exemptions to be considered and/or any costs
for providing the information. Please quote our reference - FOI/09/589 -
in any communication regarding this particular request.

Best regards

Michelle Hunt
Access to Information Co-ordinator
Communication & Information Governance
Children, Families & Education Directorate
Kent County Council
Room 2.35, Sessions House
Maidstone, Kent, ME14 1XQ
External: 01622 696692
Internal: 7000 6692
Email: [email address]

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Dear S Smith

Thank you for your email. If you disagree with any of Kent County
Council's policies, you should pursue our complaints process
[1]http://www.kent.gov.uk/SocialCare/gettin....

Consequently, the Council is of the opinion that this latest
communication, when considered in conjunction with all the other requests
for information you have submitted, is a deliberate attempt to disrupt the
Council's operations and is therefore manifestly unreasonable. The Council
has no obligation to respond to requests that are perceived to be either
vexatious or repeated under section 14 (1) & (2) of the Freedom of
Information Act respectively and collectively, your requests fall into
this category. The Council will review this position in three months time
but until then, no further requests from you will be considered.

If you disagree with this stance, you can appeal direct the Information
Commissioner, who oversees compliance with the Freedom of Information Act
2000. This is because there is no-one sufficiently senior within the
Authority that could conduct an independent internal review of this
decision which was made at the highest level. Details of what you need to
do, should you wish to pursue this course of action, are available from
the Information Commissioner's website .
[2]http://www.ico.gov.uk/complaints/freedom...

Best regards

Caroline Dodge
Corporate Access to Information Coordinator, Chief Executive's Department
Kent County Council, Legal & Democratic Services, Room 1.94, Sessions
House, County Hall, Maidstone. ME14 1XQ.
Tel: 01622 221652 - Fax: 01622 694383
[3]http://www.kent.gov.uk/council-and-democ...

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