Child deaths
Hello,
I'm looking for as much information as possible concerning the deaths of children known to the authority's social services department.
If my questions could be better refined in order to achieve a disclosure that provides the information I'm asking for, I'd appreciate your guidance in that respect.
I'd like the responses to the following questions in an Excel spreadsheet, please.
1. How many children known to your social services department died between 1 January 2017 and August 1 2022? Please breakdown by year.
2. In each instance, please provide the following:
a. The child's age
b. The area the child was living in (i.e. town, rather than street)
c. An indication as to whether the child was subject to a Child Protection Plan
d. An indication as to whether the child was Looked After
e. An indication as to whether the child had been identified as a Child in Need and if so, on what basis (i.e. abuse, neglect, domestic violence, etc)
f. The cause of death
g. A link to, or disclosure of, details outlined in any reviews conducted into the death
If you need me to clarify any of the above, or you believe the questions should be refined or reframed to meet the terms of the FOI Act, please contact me as soon as possible.
Best wishes,
Joanna Morris
Dear Joanna,
Freedom of Information Request Relating to Child Deaths
Thank you for your Freedom of Information (FOI) request which has been logged under reference FOI: 0XXXX.
Please note that as a district council we do not have responsibility for children’s services.
Go to Freedom of Information on Cumbria County Council’s website to make your FOI request.
Yours sincerely
Eden District Council
FOI team
Eden District Council, Town Hall, Penrith CA11 7QF
Tel: 01768 817817
E-mail: [Eden District Council request email]
Dear Requester
Thank you for your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000
received on 11/Aug/2022. We have registered your request under reference
number FOI 08295 and would be grateful if you would please use this
reference and the email address [Eden District Council request email] on any future
correspondence relating to this request.
We aim to respond to your request no later than 09/Sep/2022.
Description of request:
I'm looking for as much information as possible concerning the deaths of
children known to the authority's social services department.
If my questions could be better refined in order to achieve a disclosure
that provides the information I'm asking for, I'd appreciate your guidance
in that respect.
I'd like the responses to the following questions in an Excel spreadsheet,
please.
1. How many children known to your social services department died
between 1 January 2017 and August 1 2022? Please breakdown by year.
2. In each instance, please provide the following:
1. The child's age
2. The area the child was living in (i.e. town, rather than street) c. An
indication as to whether the child was subject to a Child Protection
Plan d. An indication as to whether the child was Looked After e. An
indication as to whether the child had been identified as a Child in
Need and if so, on what basis (i.e. abuse, neglect, domestic violence,
etc) f. The cause of death g. A link to, or disclosure of, details
outlined in any reviews conducted into the death
If you need me to clarify any of the above, or you believe the questions
should be refined or reframed to meet the terms of the FOI Act, please
contact me as soon as possible.
Whilst it is the Council’s policy to provide information wherever
possible, we need to advise you that there are a number of exemptions
under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 which may prevent the release of
some or all of the information you have requested. Some exemptions are
absolute and some only apply where the public interest in maintaining the
exemption outweighs that in disclosing the information. You will be
informed if this is the case and the reason why.
Once the information has been identified the Authority may also ask that a
fee be paid for processing and delivering the information to you. Details
of any fee to be charged will be notified to you as soon as possible.
Under the terms of the legislation, we have an obligation to respond to
your request within 20 working days from the day after your request was
received. However, please be aware that some services may experience a
reduction in staffing levels due to absence or because resources have been
diverted to support frontline services to respond to the Covid-19
pandemic. Therefore, in some cases there may be a delay in issuing a
response. In the meantime, you may find some of the information you are
looking for on the searchable Disclosure Log: [1]Responses to Freedom of
Information Requests on our website.
Yours faithfully
Eden District Council
FOI Team
Tel: 01768 817817
Email: [Eden District Council request email]
Town Hall
Penrith
Cumbria CA11 7QF
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