Foster care

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Dear Hartlepool Council,

I would be very grateful if you could provide me with the following information:

a) Your total number of registered foster carers;

b) The number of your registered foster carers who are non-UK EU nationals;

c) The number of your currently fostered children who are non-UK EU nationals;

d) The number of your UK national foster carers who foster outside of the UK, but within the EU.

Thank you.

Yours faithfully,

Robert Cann

FOI Responses, Hartlepool Council

Dear Robert, further to your request for information, I can advise as
follows:-

 

Question Response
a) Your total number of registered 96 fostering households excluding
foster carers; Connected Persons carers

 
b) The number of your registered foster >5 suppressed – see below
carers who are non-UK EU nationals;

 
c) The number of your currently fostered >5 suppressed – see below
children who are non-UK EU nationals;

 
d) The number of your UK national foster >5 suppressed – see below
carers who foster outside of the UK, but
within the EU.

 

 

Please note the figures less than 5 have been suppressed as the
information is exempt under s40 (2) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000
(the Act). Section 40 applies to personal information which is exempt
under the Act. Due to the small numbers involved there is a risk that
persons may become identifiable if the figures and outcomes are disclosed.
Given the subject matter we do not believe it is in the public interest to
disclose these figures.

 

We hope that this information deals with your request, however if you are
dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have the right to ask
for an internal review. Internal review requests should be submitted to
[1][email address] within two months of the date of receipt
of the response to your original request.

 

If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have
the right to apply directly 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, [2]www.ico.org.uk

 

Kind regards

Laura

 

 

Laura Stones | Scrutiny and Legal Support Officer

Hartlepool Borough Council

Tel: (01429) 523087 | Ext: 3087

Email: [3][email address]

 

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