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Dear Sir/Madam

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - IGT_FOI_04_1777 - Number of Children In
Care 21/05

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Dear Patrick,

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - INFORMATION REQUEST _IGT_FOI_04_1777 -
Number of Children in Care

Your request for information dated 22nd April 2009 has been considered
under the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act and the
information is attached.

1. Please could you tell me how many children were in the care of Tower
Hamlets Borough Council as of March 1st 2009 and, in what type of care
they were placed. e.g. internal foster service, independent residential or
with friends/family.

The answer to the above question has been attached in the spreadsheet
above.

If you have any queries please get in touch with me to discuss them. You
might like to know that the Council's website [1]www.towerhamlets.gov.uk
contains a section on the Freedom of Information Act that lists other
publications readily available from the Council under its Publication
Scheme.

Yours sincerely,

Samir Kamil

Performance, Research & Statistics

LBTH Children's Service

Mulberry Place

London E14 2BG

Tel: 0207 364 2159

Fax: 020 7364 5928

Email: [2][email address]

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Tower Hamlets Town Hall

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