CARE proceedings due TO GOVERNMENT Austerity

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Dear Lincolnshire County Council,,

Could you please answer the following questions with regards to this freedom of information request.
1, How many Emergency protection orders instigated by the Local Authority have resulted from Government austerity due to Parents loosing their benefits as in PIP ESA, INCOME SUPPORT, JSA , due to Parents not having money to feed their children?
Please give statistics for the past 12 calendar months.
2, How many Care Proceedings have been instigated because Parents cannot feed their children due to loss of their benefits? please give statistics foe the past 12 calendar months.
3, In how many of these cases has the LA refused to give the Parents a hardship grant to keep these Families together?
4, How many of these cases have resulted in the children being placed in Foster Care?
5, How many of these cases have resulted in children being placed with another family member under the kincare clause or Special Guardianship order.
6, Have any children been placed for Adoption, due to Parents not being able to feed their children due to loosing their benefits? please give statistics for the past 24 calendar months?
Yours faithfully,

Alison Stevens.

FOI, Lincolnshire County Council

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Thomas Parker House

13/14 Silver Street
Lincoln
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Dear Alison Stevens

 

Freedom of Information Reference: 43067180FOI

 

Subject: Request for information regarding care proceedings instigated due
to parents loss of benefits.

 

Thank you for your recent request for information received by this office
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FOI, Lincolnshire County Council

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Freedom of Information
Customer Service Centre
2^nd Floor

Thomas Parker House

13/14 Silver Street
Lincoln
LN2 1DY
Tel: 01522 782187
[2][email address]

[3]www.lincolnshire.gov.uk

 

 

13^th December 2017

 

Dear Alison Stevens

 

Freedom of Information Reference: 43067180FOI

 

Subject: Request for information regarding care proceedings instigated due
to parents loss of benefits.

 

Please find our response to your request below:

 

Request:

 

Could you please answer the following questions with regards to this
freedom of information request.

1, How many Emergency protection orders instigated by the Local Authority
have resulted from Government austerity due to Parents loosing their
benefits as in PIP ESA, INCOME SUPPORT, JSA , due to Parents not having
money to feed their children?

Please give statistics for the past 12 calendar months.

2, How many Care Proceedings have been instigated because Parents cannot
feed their children due to loss of their benefits? please give statistics
foe the past 12 calendar months.

3, In how many of these cases has the LA refused to give the Parents a
hardship grant to keep these Families together?

4, How many of these cases have resulted in the children being placed in
Foster Care?

5, How many of these cases have resulted in children being placed with
another family member under the kincare clause or Special Guardianship
order.

6, Have any children been placed for Adoption, due to Parents not being
able to feed their children due to losing their benefits? please give
statistics for the past 24 calendar months?

 

Response:

 

1)    None

2)    None

3)    None

4)    None

5)    None

6)    None

 

 

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satisfies your request for information under the Freedom of Information
Act and that all information that can be made available to you has been
provided.

 

 

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Once again, thank you for your enquiry.

 

Yours sincerely

 

 

Dean Allen

Freedom of Information

On behalf of Lincolnshire County Council

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