Notifications to High Commissions and Embassies of Children in Care

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Dear Belfast Health and Social Care Trust (Northern Ireland),

To ask the Trust’s Children’s Services Head of Service:

1. What is the Trust’s policy for notifying High Commissions and Embassies (their Consular Welfare Sections) regarding non-UK national children that are?

A. Taken in to Care
B. Being Adopted

2. What is the Trust’s policy for enabling High Commissions and Embassies Consular Welfare access visits to non-UK children in its care and prior to adoption?

3. Has the Trust sought any legal or other advice from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office regarding High Commissions and/or Embassies Consular Welfare visits to non UK children in it’s care?

4. Has the Trust refused any High Commission or Embassy Consular Welfare visits to non UK children in it’s care and if so how many?

And

5. By the Trust:

How many foreign national children have in the last five years:

A. Been taken into Care
B. Been Adopted
C. What list of counties were they from

And

By the Trust:

6. How many High Commissions and Embassies Consular Welfare Sections in these cases as in 5. A. & B. above were:

A. Notified

B. Were not notified

To High Commissions and Embassies Consular Welfare Sections

7. In the cases of doubt regarding nationality and other unconfirmed/un verified information such as history what is the Trust’s policy regarding enquiring of High Commissions
and Embassies for confirmations that may be available outside of the UK regarding non UK children in it’s care and prior to adoption.

8. What is the Trust’s Policy regarding non-UK children in its care or as adopted being able to ensure their right of access to their non-UK Identity and Nationality once they reach age 16 and should they wish assistance to leave the UK.

Yours faithfully,

Jane Clearly
Information Officer
The Advocacy Fund

Bell, LorraineT, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust (Northern Ireland)

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Dear Jane

Please find the attached letter in acknowledgment to your FOI request regarding Notifications to High Commissions and Embassies of Children in Care.

Regards
LorraineT Bell

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Bell, LorraineT, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust (Northern Ireland)

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Dear Jane

Please find the attached letter in response to your FOI request relating to Notifications to High Commissions and Embassies of Children in Care.

Regards
LorraineT Bell

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