Adopted Child Maintenance Allowances
Dear Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council,
Please can you inform me how many families are receiving Adopted Child Maintenance Allowances from your Council?
How many adopted children are involved? (Some families may have more than one.)
Yours faithfully,
Avril Williams
Dear Ms Williams
Thank you for your request for information regarding "how many families
are receiving Adopted Child Maintenance Allowances from your Council".
Your request was received on 23/05/2011 and I am dealing with it under
the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and/or the
Environmental Information Regulations 2004.
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Sarah Slater
Information Governance
Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council
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Floor, Tower Block, Town Hall, Blackburn, Lancs. BB1 7DY.
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Dear Ms Williams,
Thank you for your request for information regarding "how many families
are receiving Adopted Child Maintenance Allowances from your Council".
Please could you confirm what information you are requesting when you
refer to the 'Adopted Child Maintenance Allowance'. We're assuming that
it is the financial support that the LA provides to some adopters of
children post placement and adoption order, but the terminology used in
the request is a little unclear, as it appears to be a specific
allowance, when there does not appear to be one named such that we are
aware of?
I look forward to receiving your response and if you have any queries
regarding this request then please don't hesitate to contact me.
Regards,
[Name of Council employee removed]
Information Governance Officer
Information Technology, Management and Governance
G Floor, Tower Block
Blackburn Town Hall
Blackburn
BB1 7DY
Tel: 01254 58 5852
Email: [email address]
Dear Pickup Jonathan,
You know precisely to what I am referring even if your title for the allowance is less provocative than mine.
Yours sincerely,
A Williams, (BA).
Dear Ms Williams,
If I knew precisely what you were asking for then I would now be seeking
clarification. As stated in my email Blackburn with Darwen are not aware
of the 'Adopted Child Maintenance Allowance' which you referred to in
your request. Hence the clarification asking if you are requesting the
financial support that the LA provides to some adopters of children post
placement and adoption order?
Regards,
[Name of Council employee removed]
Information Governance Officer
Information Technology, Management and Governance
G Floor, Tower Block
Blackburn Town Hall
Blackburn
BB1 7DY
Tel: 01254 58 5852
Email: [email address]
Dear Pickup Jonathan,
You may call it Financial Support via regular payments. These Allowances, paid to an unknown number of Adoptive Parents, are equivalent to the Foster Child Maintenance Allowances paid to Foster Parents, and to the Child, Baby and Family Tax Credits paid to low income Birth Parents, (although not in monetary value).
Unlike Foster Parents, Adoptive Parents DO have to undergo some kind of means-test to see if they are eligible for the Allowances, but Councils can choose whether to use the questionnaire devised by the DES or use their own assessment method.
When Allowances are paid to Adoptive Parents the rates paid tend to be linked to Foster Child Maintenance Rates, minus Child Benefit, which Adoptive Parents can claim separately.
Yours sincerely,
A Williams, (BA)
Dear Ms Williams,
Thank you for your request for information regarding financial support
for adoptive parents via regular payments. There are 35 carers (with 59
children) who receive adoption support payments in Blackburn with
Darwen. If you have any queries relating to this request then please do
not hesitate to contact me.
If you are unhappy with the service you have received in relation to
your request and wish to make a complaint or request a review of our
decision, you should write to: Sarah Slater, Information Governance
Manager, Information Governance, Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council,
G Floor, Town Hall, Blackburn, Lancashire, BB1 7DY
If you are not content with the outcome of your complaint, you may apply
directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. Generally, the
ICO cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted the complaints
procedure provided by the Council. The Information Commissioner can be
contacted at: The Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House,
Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF.
Please find attached our 'have your say' feedback policy.
Regards,
[Name of Council employee removed]
Information Governance Officer
Information Technology, Management and Governance
G Floor, Tower Block
Blackburn Town Hall
Blackburn
BB1 7DY
Tel: 01254 58 5852
Email: [email address]
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