Child Deaths known to social services - Family Court

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Dear Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council,

Thankyou very much for your response to my previous enquiry:

https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/c...

where three children were reported to have died when known to social services between 2003 – 2013 and one child between 2013 – 2017.

Could you further clarify and/or provide the following information please?

1. How many of the three cases/children [period 2003-2013] were subject to Family Court
proceedings?

2. Was the one in the period 2013 - 2017 also subject to Family Court proceedings?

I await to hear and please provide any information in electronic format.

Yours faithfully,

dai pugh

FOI Team, Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council

Thank you for your email of 11th November 2017 which I confirm has been forwarded to the relevant directorate to respond.

Linda White
Gwasanaethau Cymorth / Support Services
Cyfarwyddiaeth Gwasanaethau Corfforaethol & Cyllid / Finance & Corporate Services Directorate
Rhif Ffôn / Tel No. 01639 763932

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Mae'r e-bost hwn ac unrhyw ffeiliau a drosglwyddir gydag ef yn gyfrinachol ac at ddefnydd yr unigolyn neu'r corff y cyfeiriwyd hwy atynt yn unig. Os ydych wedi derbyn yr e-bost hwn mewn camgymeriad, dylech hysbysu'r person a anfonodd yr e-bost ar unwaith. Hefyd, sylwer nad oes unrhyw sicrwydd nad yw'r e-bost hwn neu unrhyw ymgysylltiad yn rhydd o firws ac nad yw chwaith wedi'i ryng-gipio na'i newid.

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Yvonne Jenkins, Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council

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Good afternoon,

 

With reference to your request for information under the Freedom of
Information Act which I received 13^th November 2017.  Your enquiry is
being dealt with by the Western Bay Safeguarding Children Services who
will respond with the relevant information as soon as possible. 

 

Regards

 

Yvonne

 

 

Yvonne Jenkins

Directorate Support Coordinator

Directorate Support Team

Tel: 01639 763035

 
Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council/ Cyngor Bwrdeistref Sirol Castell-nedd Port Talbot Tel/ Ffôn: 01639 763035
 

We welcome correspondence in Welsh and will deal with Welsh and English correspondence to the same standards and timescales.

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Mae'r e-bost hwn ac unrhyw ffeiliau a drosglwyddir gydag ef yn gyfrinachol
ac at ddefnydd yr unigolyn neu'r corff y cyfeiriwyd hwy atynt yn unig. Os
ydych wedi derbyn yr e-bost hwn mewn camgymeriad, dylech hysbysu'r person
a anfonodd yr e-bost ar unwaith. Hefyd, sylwer nad oes unrhyw sicrwydd nad
yw'r e-bost hwn neu unrhyw ymgysylltiad yn rhydd o firws ac nad yw chwaith
wedi'i ryng-gipio na'i newid.

 

 

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Yvonne Jenkins, Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council

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Dear Mr Pugh,

 

Further to your recent request under the Freedom of Information Act,
please see our response below.

 

Where three children were reported to have died when known to Social
Services between 2003 – 2013 and one child between 2013 – 2017.

 

Could you further clarify and/or provide the following information please?

 

1.            How many of the three cases/children [period 2003-2013] were
subject to Family Court

proceedings?

 

Ans:       None of the three cases/Children (period 2003-2013) were
subject to family court proceedings.

 

 

2.            Was the one in the period 2013 - 2017 also subject to Family
Court proceedings?

 

Ans:       The one child in the period 2013-2017, was not subject to care
proceedings.

 

 

If you are dissatisfied with the response to your request, under the
Authority’s FOI Policy, you may appeal in writing setting out the reasons
why you think the decision is erroneous, to the Authority’s Monitoring
Officer at the following address:-

 

Head of Legal Services & Monitoring Officer

Civic Centre

Port Talbot

SA13 1PJ

 

Please be advised that in the event that you decide to appeal to the
Monitoring Officer and are dissatisfied with his response, you are
entitled under the FOI legislation to appeal directly to the Information
Commissioner, whose address is:-

 

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

SK9 4AF

Website: [1]www.ico.org.uk.

 

 

Yvonne Jenkins

Directorate Support Coordinator

Directorate Support Team

Tel: 01639 763035

 
Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council/ Cyngor Bwrdeistref Sirol Castell-nedd Port Talbot Tel/ Ffôn: 01639 763035
 

We welcome correspondence in Welsh and will deal with Welsh and English correspondence to the same standards and timescales.

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Mae'r e-bost hwn ac unrhyw ffeiliau a drosglwyddir gydag ef yn gyfrinachol
ac at ddefnydd yr unigolyn neu'r corff y cyfeiriwyd hwy atynt yn unig. Os
ydych wedi derbyn yr e-bost hwn mewn camgymeriad, dylech hysbysu'r person
a anfonodd yr e-bost ar unwaith. Hefyd, sylwer nad oes unrhyw sicrwydd nad
yw'r e-bost hwn neu unrhyw ymgysylltiad yn rhydd o firws ac nad yw chwaith
wedi'i ryng-gipio na'i newid.

 

 

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Dear Yvonne Jenkins,

Thanks for your response.

Please clarify one point - in your resppnse you say

- ""2. Was the one in the period 2013 - 2017 also subject to Family
Court proceedings?
Ans: The one child in the period 2013-2017, was not subject to care
proceedings. ""

Care proceedings is one part of family proceedings - were there any other family proceedings for this case?

Thanks in advance of your response.

Yours sincerely,

dai pugh

Yvonne Jenkins, Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council

Thank you for your email; I am currently out of the office until Tuesday,
9th  January 2018. I will respond to your message on my return.  Please
contact Lisa Morgan on 01639 763445 [email address] or FOI to Leighton
Jones 763394

 

Yvonne Jenkins, Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council

Good morning Mr Pugh,

In response to your query in relation to Q2 of the above FOI request I can confirm the response should read:-

Ans: They were not subject to family proceedings

I hope this clarifies your query.

Kind regards

Yvonne Jenkins
Directorate Support Coordinator
Directorate Support Team
Tel: 01639 763035

 
Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council/ Cyngor Bwrdeistref Sirol Castell-nedd Port Talbot Tel/ Ffôn: 01639 763035

We welcome correspondence in Welsh and will deal with Welsh and English correspondence to the same standards and timescales.
Croesewir gohebiaeth yn y Gymraeg a byddwn yn ymdrin â gohebiaeth Gymraeg a Saesneg i’r un safonau ac amserlenni

This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed.  If you have received this email in error, please notify the sender immediately. Please note also that there is no guarantee that this email or any attachment is virus free or has not been intercepted or amended.
Mae'r e-bost hwn ac unrhyw ffeiliau a drosglwyddir gydag ef yn gyfrinachol ac at ddefnydd yr unigolyn neu'r corff y cyfeiriwyd hwy atynt yn unig. Os ydych wedi derbyn yr e-bost hwn mewn camgymeriad, dylech hysbysu'r person a anfonodd yr e-bost ar unwaith. Hefyd, sylwer nad oes unrhyw sicrwydd nad yw'r e-bost hwn neu unrhyw ymgysylltiad yn rhydd o firws ac nad yw chwaith wedi'i ryng-gipio na'i newid.

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