Foster care

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Dear Barking and Dagenham Borough 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

London Borough of Barking and Dagenham,

Information request
Our reference: 5613433

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Dear Mr Cann
 
Freedom of Information Act 2000
 
Thank you for your request for information that was received on 30 January
2018 concerning registered foster carers;
 
We are dealing with your request under the Freedom of Information Act
2000 and we aim to send a response by 27 February 2018.
  
The Freedom of Information Act 2000 may restrict the release of some or
all of the information you have requested. We will carry out an assessment
and if any exemptions apply to some or all of the information then we
might not provide that information to you. We will inform you if this is
the case and advise you of your rights to request an internal review and
to complain to the Information Commissioner's Office.
 
We will also advise you if we cannot provide you with the information
requested for any other reason together with the reason(s) why and details
of how you may appeal (if appropriate).
 
Yours sincerely
 
 
The FOI Team
[Barking and Dagenham Borough Council request email]
 
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London Borough of Barking and Dagenham,

Information request
Our reference: 5613433

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Dear Mr Cann
 
Thank you for your request for information received on 30 January 2018.

Section 1 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 provides two distinct but
related rights of access to information which impose corresponding duties
on public authorities.  These are:

 

*        The duty to inform the applicant whether or not information is
held by the authority and, if so,
*        The duty to communicate that information to the applicant

 

We can confirm that the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham holds some
of the information requested.

  a)Your total number of registered foster carers;

 144

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

 None

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

Information not held

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

None

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ICO's contact details are as follows:-

 

The Information Commissioners Office,

Wycliffe House,

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Cheshire,

SK9 5AF.

 

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Yours sincerely

 The FOI Team

 

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