Care Orders

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Dear Shropshire Council,

I am writing to find out the following:

1) How many Emergency Care Orders were issued in respect of children from 1st January 2016 to present date.

2) How many Interim Care Orders were issued in the same time period (1st January 2016 to present date)?

3) I require breakdown of how many of these orders were wrongfully issued and where the children were quickly returned to their families.

4) How long was the average timeframe that children were wrongly kept in care?

5) How many of these Emergency Care Orders were issued as a result of malicious referrals by professionals such as doctors (or any hospital staff), teachers, therapists or any other local authority employee?

6) Is it possible to have the statistics for care orders (both emergency and interim) issued from 1st January 2014 to 31st December 2015?

7) Finally, what percentage of children taken into care are surrendered voluntarily by their parents?

I look forward to your prompt response within the period of time as prescribed by law.

Yours faithfully,

Jessica Jones

FOI, Shropshire Council

Dear Ms Jones

 

Thank you for your request for information received on 03/12/2016 00:00. 
We are currently processing your request in accordance with the relevant
legislation.

 

You have requested details regarding Emergency Care Orders.

 

(Please note this may be a summary of your request and full details, as
outlined in the request, will be sent to the team providing the response.)

 

If you feel the information is inaccurate or requires amendment, please
notify us as soon as possible using the contact details provided below. 

 

Yours sincerely

 

Information Governance Team

Shropshire Council

Shirehall

Abbey Foregate

SHREWSBURY

SY2 6ND

 

Tel:                  01743 252179 / 252774 / 252747

Email:             [Shropshire Council request email]

Web:               [1]www.shropshire.gov.uk/access-to-information

 

 

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Dear Ms Jones 

 

Further to your request for information, please find our response
attached.

 

Yours sincerely

 

Information Governance Team

Shropshire Council

Shirehall

Abbey Foregate

SHREWSBURY

SY2 6ND

 

Tel:                  01743252179 / 252774 / 252747 

Email:             [Shropshire Council request email]

Web:               [1]www.shropshire.gov.uk/access-to-information

 

 

 

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