Foster care allowances

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Dear Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council,

1) Please could you tell me your 2018-19 weekly foster care allowances for all age bands, NOT including any fee/reward element for foster carers?

2) Please could you tell me your 2018-19 weekly allowances to former foster carers looking after young people in When I am Ready 18+ arrangements, broken down by year 1, year 2, and year 3+ if necessary?

Thank you.

Yours faithfully,

Robert Cann

FOI Team, Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council

Thank you for your Freedom of Information request received today, 31st May 2018.   We are generally required by the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to provide you with a response within 20 working days, which will be on or before 28th June 2018 .  If we require any clarification or further details we will contact you as soon as possible, if this is the case then the timescale for response specified above may be subject to change.  If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact this team.

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Yvonne Jenkins, Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council

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Good afternoon,

 

With reference to your request for information under the Freedom of
Information Act, I acknowledge receipt of your correspondence which I
received 31^st May 2018.  Your enquiry is being dealt with by Children
and Young People’s Services who will respond as soon as possible. 

 

Kind regards

Yvonne

 

 

Yvonne Jenkins

Directorate Support Coordinator

Directorate Support Team

Tel: 01639 763035

 
Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council/ Cyngor Bwrdeistref Sirol Castell-nedd Port Talbot Tel/ Ffôn: 01639 763035
 

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Dear Yvonne,

Thank you for your reply. However the response to my request has been delayed. By law, you should normally have responded promptly and within 20 working days. Please could you follow up with the relevant service?

I look forward to hearing from you very soon.

Yours sincerely,

Robert Cann

Dear Yvonne Jenkins,

I am chasing this request from June. Please could you get back to me as soon as possible?

Many thanks.

Yours sincerely,

Robert Cann

Yvonne Jenkins, Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council

Thank you for your email; I am currently out of the office until Tuesday
21st August, I will respond to your message on my return.  Please contact
Sara Enticott on 01639 763801 [email address] for FOI or Leighton
Jones 763394 [email address]

 

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Sara Enticott, Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council

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Good Afternoon Robert,

 

Further to your recent request under the Freedom of Information Act please
see our response below:-

 

 

1) Please could you tell me your 2018-19 weekly foster care allowances for
all age bands, NOT including any fee/reward element for foster carers?

 

 

2) Please could you tell me your 2018-19 weekly allowances to former
foster carers looking after young people in When I am Ready 18+
arrangements, broken down by year 1, year 2, and year 3+ if necessary?

 

We pay the national minimum foster allowance rate recommended by Welsh
Government for aged 16 plus which is currently £199 per week. Deductions
are made if the young person is entitled to housing benefit or the housing
element of universal credit.

 

 

If you are dissatisfied with the response to your request, under the
Authority’s FOI Policy, you may appeal in writing setting out the reasons
why you think the decision is erroneous, to the Authority’s Monitoring
Officer at the following address:-

Head of Legal Services & Monitoring Officer

Civic Centre

Port Talbot

SA13 1PJ

 

Please be advised that in the event that you decide to appeal to the
Monitoring Officer and are dissatisfied with his response, you are
entitled under the FOI legislation to appeal directly to the Information
Commissioner, whose address is:-

 

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

SK9 4AF

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Sara Enticott

 

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