Deaths and hospital admissions for malnourishment of children known to social services
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
Good afternoon,
Thank you for your Freedom Of Information Request.
Your request for information has been passed on to our Freedom Of Information Officer, who will respond to you directly.
Yours sincerely,
Darcey
Customer Services Officer
Copeland Borough Council
Copeland Borough Council, Market Hall, Market Place, Whitehaven, Cumbria, CA28 7JG.
Tel: 01946 598300. Fax: 01946 598303. www.copeland.gov.uk, [Copeland Borough Council request email]
Working to improve lives, communities and the prosperity of Copeland
Dear Charlotte Lynch
Thank you for your request for information regarding Deaths and hospital
admissions for malnourishment of children known to social services
I can advise that the information requested falls within the remit of
Cumbria County Council and not Copeland Borough Council. The contact
is [1][email address]
I hope this is the information you require, but do not hesitate to contact
me if you wish to clarify anything further.
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Freedom of Information
Copeland Borough Council
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