Children & Families - Budget

LS Palmer made this Freedom of Information request to Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council This request has been closed to new correspondence. Contact us if you think it should be reopened.

The request was successful.

Dear Bolton Borough Council,

In relation to the Budget for Children and Families for the
financial year 1 April 2009 to 1 April 2010 how much has Bolton Borough Council spent on:

1. Supervised contact visits.
2. Respite foster care - for children in need (not on child protection plan)
3. Local Authority employed Foster carers.
4. Agency Foster carers.
5. Barristers for Care Proceedings.
6. Playgrounds for children.
7. Assistance with Child carers becoming Ofsted Registered.
8. Respite Foster Care - not exceeding 28 days for children on a protection plan.
9. Residential Family Assessments.

Yours faithfully,

LS Palmer

Dear Bolton Borough Council,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of Bolton Borough Council's handling of my FOI request 'Children & Families - Budget'.

Your response is delayed.

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address:
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/ch...

Yours faithfully,

LS Palmer

Barry Moss, Sr. left an annotation ()

You should make the complaint to the ICO... Bolton are late again. Make the complaint to the ICO use the link below. save to a file, email complaint form as an attachment to ICO, in the email give the ICO your FOIR request from WDTK include theURL
http://www.ico.gov.uk/upload/documents/l...

Dear Bolton Borough Council,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of Bolton Borough Council's handling of my FOI request 'Children & Families - Budget'.

Your response is late

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address:
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/ch...

Yours faithfully,

LS Palmer

Dear Bolton Borough Council,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of Bolton Borough Council's handling of my FOI request 'Children & Families - Budget'.

Your response is late

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address:
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/ch...

Yours faithfully,

LS Palmer

Barry Moss, Sr. left an annotation ()

You should make a complaint to the ICO first then ask for a review. go to.
http://www.ico.gov.uk/upload/documents/l...
fill in the form save it to a folder then attach it an email to casework@ico.gsi.gov.uk

in the body of the email copy and paste the URL of your FOIR,
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/ch...

LS Palmer (Account suspended) left an annotation ()

Thank you Barry Moss Sr. I will give Bolton a few more days to reply but this is very useful information as I do make many requests in researching the scandal that is our child protection system and some government bodies are very cagey about giving information that implements them as child traffickers seeking to remove as many 'adoptable' children as possible rather than performing their duty of protecting children within their families.

Bell, Neil (Information Officer), Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council

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Dear LS Palmer,

Request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000

In response to your request for information received at this office, I
apologise for the delay in my response this is been partly due to the
Christmas period and also the complexity of request. Bolton Council is
happy to supply the following information:

In relation to the Budget for Children and Families for the financial year
1 April 2009 to 1 April 2010 how much has Bolton Borough Council spent on:

Q1       Supervised contact visits.

A1        £63,288.75

Q2       Respite foster care - for children in need (not on child
protection plan)

A2        we cannot provide this information as we don't record it
separately.

Q3       Local Authority employed Foster carers.

A3        £3,809,222.98

Q4       Agency Foster carers.

A4        £5,288,972.32

Q5       Barristers for Care Proceedings.

A5        £111,722

Q6       Playgrounds for children.

A6        This is not part by the child and families budget,
however if you need this figure separately please ask.

Q7       Assistance with Child carers becoming Ofsted Registered.

A7        £10614

Q8       Respite Foster Care - not exceeding 28 days for children on
a protection plan.

A8        we cannot provide this information as we don't record it
separately.

Q9       Residential Family Assessments.

A9        £28,977.33

Should you have any queries regarding this, please contact me directly

Yours sincerely

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joy left an annotation ()

Further to you informative reply to the previous questions, I would like some further clarification on several items.

RE: Q2 Respite foster care - for children in need (not on child protection plan)

A2 we cannot provide this information as we don't record it separately.

Request for clarification: what exactly does that answer mean?

If information is 'not recorded separately' then it is fair to assume that it 'is recorded collectively' in some way; in a single place. Therefore it should be easily possible to make it available as requested.

RE: Q6 Playgrounds for children.

A6 This is not part by the child and families budget, however if you need this figure separately please ask.

Yes, it would be useful to know this as provision of 'children's play areas' of many varied types are a signifier to the actual practical level of care given to children. Please provide this information.

RE: Q8 Respite Foster Care - not exceeding 28 days for children on a protection plan.

A8 we cannot provide this information as we don't record it separately.

Request for clarification: what exactly does that answer mean?

If information is 'not recorded separately' then it is fair to assume that it 'is recorded collectively' in some way; in a single place. Therefore it should be easily possible to make it available as requested.

Thank you in advance for your further help with regarding this matter.