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Dear Ms Wileman
I am writing further to your email below. I apologise for the delay in
replying.

I have spoken to the Team with responsibility for performance and
statistics in our Childrens Services Directorate. The categorisations they
record for statistical purposes do not cover emotional harm per se nor
would it be recorded (other than in case notes) whether any reason was
associated to domestic violence between the adults. Each case file would
need to be investigated to see if either criteria applied.

To look through all the case files for such information would take us in
excess of 18 hours. In accordance with our fees policy (link below) this
means that the cost of complying with your request will exceed 18 hours and
cost in excess of £450. If you would like us to carry on processing your
request on this basis then please let us know and we will provide you with
an accurate fees estimate.

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Yours sincerely

Freedom of Information Team
Dorset County Council

Angela Wileman
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Subject
Freedom of Information request -
looked after children

Dear Sir or Madam,

Under the freedom of information act I would like to know numerical
statistics in order by year during the period of 1998 to 2008 (or
as far back as you can go without charging me) for the following;

1) how many children were taken into local authority care on
interim care orders and emergency protection orders under the
catagory of emotional harm during the above period ? i do not wish
you to include any children for any other catagories of harm/abuse.

2)Out of these children who were taken into care for emotional harm
how many of them were specifically for domestic violence between
their parents? again i do not wish you to include children who had
violence directed at them as that would fall into a different
catagory being physical abuse.

3)Out of these children who were put into care for domestic
violence how many were returned to family or extended family ?

4)Out of these how many children were put on full care orders?

5)of the children put on full care orders how many were adopted
during these periods.

Yours faithfully,

Angela Wileman

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