Foster Care Allowances and Payments

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Dear Torbay Borough Council,

1) Please could you tell me your 2017-18 weekly foster care allowances for all age bands, NOT including any fee/reward element for foster carers.

2) Please detail your current fee/reward structure for foster carers (NB this is different to allowances for the child). Please include:
i) Details of the levels/bands for carers and how much you pay per week at each level/band.
ii) The number of foster carers on each level/band, including those that receive no fee on top of the child’s allowance.

3) Please could you tell me your weekly allowances to former foster carers looking after young people in Staying Put 18+ arrangements, broken down by year 1, year 2, and year 3+ if necessary.

4) Please detail your current fee/reward structure for former foster carers looking after young people in Staying Put arrangements. Please include:
i) Details of the levels/bands and how much you pay per week at each level/band.
ii) The number of former foster carers on each level/band, including those that receive no fee on top of the child’s allowance.

Thank you.

Yours faithfully,

Robert Cann

Freedom of Information, Torbay Borough Council

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Dear Mr Cann

 

Thank you for your request for information, which was received on 11 July
2017. We are currently processing your request and will contact you within
20 working days.

 

If you have any queries regarding your request, please do not hesitate to
contact us, quoting the reference number above in all communications.

 

Yours sincerely

 

 

Bee Laithwaite

Information Compliance Support Officer

Torbay Council

Torquay Town Hall

Castle Circus

Torquay

TQ1 3DR

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The Information Compliance Team will aim to acknowledge correspondence
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Dear Torbay Borough Council,

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

I am writing to request an internal review of Torbay Borough Council's handling of my FOI request 'Foster Care Allowances and Payments'.

The request is long overdue. I should have received a response within 20 working days.

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

Yours faithfully,

Robert Cann

Freedom of Information, Torbay Borough Council

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Dear Mr Cann

 

Please find attached the response which was sent to you on 8 August 2017
at 17.10.

 

Regards

 

Bee

 

Bee Laithwaite

Information Compliance Support Officer

Torbay Council

Torquay Town Hall

Castle Circus

Torquay

TQ1 3DR

*: [1][email address]

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The Information Compliance Team will aim to acknowledge correspondence
within 3 working days unless a restriction is in place.

Dear Bee

Thank you for forwarding this again - it had not been received previously.

The information you have provided to question 1 does not split the payment into allowance (for the child) and fee (for the foster carer). For example last year you reported £126pw allowance for 0-4 year olds. Please could you double check the correct amounts with the fostering service? Many thanks.

Yours sincerely,

Robert Cann

infocompliance, Torbay Borough Council

Dear Mr Cann

Thank you for your email, I will ask the department to review the
response.

I note that this issue occurred last year also so may I suggest that you
may want to re-word your request next year to something along the lines
of:

"Please could you tell me your [Year] weekly foster care allowances for
all age bans less the professional fees" this may be more clear to the
service area.

I will get back to you as soon as I can with regard to the revised
information.

Yours sincerely

Vicky Wills
Information Compliance Advisor
Torbay Council

Phone: 01803 207467

The Information Compliance Team will aim to acknowledge correspondence
within 3 working days unless a restriction is in place.

infocompliance, Torbay Borough Council

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Dear Mr Cann

 

Please find attached our revised response.

 

Yours sincerely

 

Vicky Wills

Information Compliance Advisor

Torbay Council

 

Phone: 01803 207467

 

The Information Compliance Team will aim to acknowledge correspondence
within 3 working days unless a restriction is in place.

 

From: Wills, Vicky On Behalf Of infocompliance
Sent: 29 September 2017 08:52
To: 'Robert Cann' <[FOI #417540 email]>
Subject: RE: Internal review of Freedom of Information request - Foster
Care Allowances and Payments

 

Dear Mr Cann

Thank you for your email, I will ask the department to review the
response.

I note that this issue occurred last year also so may I suggest that you
may want to re-word your request next year to something along the lines
of:

"Please could you tell me your [Year] weekly foster care allowances for
all age bans less the professional fees" this may be more clear to the
service area.

I will get back to you as soon as I can with regard to the revised
information.

Yours sincerely

Vicky Wills
Information Compliance Advisor
Torbay Council

Phone: 01803 207467

The Information Compliance Team will aim to acknowledge correspondence
within 3 working days unless a restriction is in place.