Deaths and hospital admissions for malnourishment of children known to social services

The request was refused by Hillingdon Borough Council.

Good afternoon,

I would like to request the following information under the Freedom of Information Act.

1) How many children, who were known to your social services department, died between 1st January 2017 – 30th November 2021? (Including those dates)
1i. Please specify how many of those occurred in each year - 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021.
1ii. Please provide the ages of the children, and the cause of death.

2) How many children, who were known to your social services department, were admitted to hospital with malnourishment between 1st January 2017 – 30th November 2021? (Including those dates)
2i. Please specify how many of those occurred in each year - 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021.
2i. Please provide the ages of the children.

Please provide the dataset in an Excel format.

Yours faithfully,

Charlotte Lynch

SCH FOI, Hillingdon Borough Council

Dear Charlotte Lynch,
I am writing in response to your request for information under the Freedom
of Information Act 2000, received 06/12/2021

 

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 we have 20 working days to
respond to your requests.  Therefore, the deadline for our response is
06/01/2022

“Your request for information may be delayed due to urgent operational
responses to dealing with Covid_19 priorities. We apologise for any
inconvenience this may cause. We do remain committed to responding to your
request and will respond as soon as we are able. Should our response to
your request breach the statutory timeframe and you remain unhappy with
our response, you have the right to complain to the Information
Commissioners Office. Their contact details are Information Commissioner's
Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF”.
If we require further information or clarification from you to assist us
in responding to your request, or if we require a fee to be paid before we
can respond we will contact you shortly.
Yours sincerely
Michelle Barber
Members Enquiry & FOI Liaison Officer
Corporate Resources and Services
London Borough of Hillingdon
3S/03 Civic Centre

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Sent: 06 December 2021 13:20
To: FOI <[Hillingdon Borough Council request email]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Deaths and hospital admissions
for malnourishment of children known to social services
 
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Good afternoon,

I would like to request the following information under the Freedom of
Information Act.

1)      How many children, who were known to your social services
department, died between 1st January 2017 – 30th November 2021? (Including
those dates)

1i. Please specify how many of those occurred in each year - 2017, 2018,
2019, 2020, 2021.

1ii. Please provide the ages of the children, and the cause of death.

2)      How many children, who were known to your social services
department, were admitted to hospital with malnourishment between 1st
January 2017 – 30th November 2021? (Including those dates)

2i. Please specify how many of those occurred in each year - 2017, 2018,
2019, 2020, 2021.

2i. Please provide the ages of the children.

Please provide the dataset in an Excel format.

Yours faithfully,

Charlotte Lynch

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FOI, Hillingdon Borough Council

FOI 9119160
Dear Charlotte Lynch, 
  

I am writing in response to your request for information below. 

  

1)      How many children, who were known to your social services
department, died between 1st January 2017 – 30th November 2021? (Including
those dates)

1i. Please specify how many of those occurred in each year - 2017, 2018,
2019, 2020, 2021.

1ii. Please provide the ages of the children, and the cause of death.

 

We decline to provide a response pursuant to section 12 of the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 as the information is not held in a reportable format
and a manual review would be required to collate the information sought,
which would exceed the permitted 18 hours of work. Please redirect your
enquiry to the North West London Clinical Commissioning Group, who oversee
the Child Death Overview Panel.

2)      How many children, who were known to your social services
department, were admitted to hospital with malnourishment between 1st
January 2017 – 30th November 2021? (Including those dates)

2i. Please specify how many of those occurred in each year - 2017, 2018,
2019, 2020, 2021.

2i. Please provide the ages of the children.

We decline to provide a response pursuant to section 12 of the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 as the information is not held in a reportable format
and a manual review would be required to collate the information sought,
which would exceed the permitted 18 hours of work.

 

If you have any queries regarding this matter, please do not hesitate to
contact me. 

If you wish to request an internal review of our response you should
write, within 2 months, to:

Office Managing Partner, Legal Services, Civic Centre, High St, Uxbridge,
UB8 1UW (or via email to [1][Hillingdon Borough Council request email] marked for the attention
of the Office Managing Partner).

Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future
communications.

If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have
the right to apply to the Information Commissioner for a decision. The
Information Commissioner can be contacted at: Information Commissioner’s
Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. 

Kind regards,
Data Protection & Freedom of Information Officer | London Borough of
Hillingdon | Legal Services 3E/04
Tel: 01895 55 6351 | FOI Email: [2][Hillingdon Borough Council request email] | SAR
Email: [3][email address
Address: London Borough of Hillingdon Civic Centre, Uxbridge, UB8 1UW

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From: SCH FOI <sch[Hillingdon Borough Council request email]>
Sent: 08 December 2021 14:03
To: [FOI #813995 email]
<[FOI #813995 email]>
Cc: FOI <[Hillingdon Borough Council request email]>
Subject: FOI 9119160 - From: Charlotte Lynch - Due: 6th January 2022
 
Dear Charlotte Lynch,
I am writing in response to your request for information under the Freedom
of Information Act 2000, received 06/12/2021

 

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 we have 20 working days to
respond to your requests.  Therefore, the deadline for our response is
06/01/2022

“Your request for information may be delayed due to urgent operational
responses to dealing with Covid_19 priorities. We apologise for any
inconvenience this may cause. We do remain committed to responding to your
request and will respond as soon as we are able. Should our response to
your request breach the statutory timeframe and you remain unhappy with
our response, you have the right to complain to the Information
Commissioners Office. Their contact details are Information Commissioner's
Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF”.
If we require further information or clarification from you to assist us
in responding to your request, or if we require a fee to be paid before we
can respond we will contact you shortly.
Yours sincerely
Michelle Barber
Members Enquiry & FOI Liaison Officer
Corporate Resources and Services
London Borough of Hillingdon
3S/03 Civic Centre

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From: Charlotte Lynch <[FOI #813995 email]>
Sent: 06 December 2021 13:20
To: FOI <[Hillingdon Borough Council request email]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Deaths and hospital admissions
for malnourishment of children known to social services
 
[You don't often get email from
[FOI #813995 email]. Learn why this is important at
[4]http://aka.ms/LearnAboutSenderIdentifica...

Good afternoon,

I would like to request the following information under the Freedom of
Information Act.

1)      How many children, who were known to your social services
department, died between 1st January 2017 – 30th November 2021? (Including
those dates)

1i. Please specify how many of those occurred in each year - 2017, 2018,
2019, 2020, 2021.

1ii. Please provide the ages of the children, and the cause of death.

2)      How many children, who were known to your social services
department, were admitted to hospital with malnourishment between 1st
January 2017 – 30th November 2021? (Including those dates)

2i. Please specify how many of those occurred in each year - 2017, 2018,
2019, 2020, 2021.

2i. Please provide the ages of the children.

Please provide the dataset in an Excel format.

Yours faithfully,

Charlotte Lynch

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be delayed.

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