Child Protection Services

The request was refused by Newport City Council.

David Paul Jenkins

Dear Newport City Council,

The standard letter from the Department of Education states:

"The law is clear: children should live with their parents wherever
possible and, when necessary, families should be given extra
support to help keep them together. In most cases, support from the
local authority enables any concerns to be addressed and children
remain with their families."

S17 of the Children Act places a duty on Children's Services to
assist families in need.

Please could you provide a year by year breakdown since 2001 of how
much of your budget has been allocated for assisting families in
need and give general information as to what that budget is spent
on.

Please could you further provide a year by year breakdown of how
much of your budget is allocated to families subject to 'care
proceedings'.

Please confirm you abide by the following laws:

1. All families subject to care proceedings have had the benefit of
a Residential Family Assessment before the child's permanent
removal in accordance with L (A Child) and H (A Child) [2007] EWCA
Civ 213 which held:

"before removing children from their natural families and placing
them for adoption with strangers the court should be astute to
ensure that the case had been fully investigated and that all the
relevant evidence necessary for the decision was in Place, Art 6 of
the ECHR required it…..There would of course be cases in which a
s38(6) assessment would be a waste of public funds: parents who had
inflicted injuries on their child but had failed to acknowledge
their responsibility or a woman who did not accept that a
paedophile partner was a risk to the child"

2. All parents who are guilty of abusing/neglecting their children
to the extent that nothing short of removal from the parents will
protect the children from SIGNIFICANT HARM have been convicted of a
criminal offence for abuse/neglect and have been referred to the
Independent Safeguarding Authority.

Please provide a positive or negative affirmation in relation to
the following statements:

3. That since removal of children from the parents no child in the
care of the Local Authority has:
a. Suffered sexual abuse
b. Suffered physical abuse.
c. Suffered emotional abuse.
(In this respect data referring to convictions/complaints of
misconduct of social workers/foster carers/care workers and
statistics relating to child suicides/children running away would
provide the relevant assertion as to whether or not children were
suffering 'in care')

4. That since removal of the children from the parents no child in
the care of the Local Authority has been used for medical testing
or registered on any program by the NIHR, MRCN or any other medical
research program without the explicit consent from the biological
parent.

5. That since removal of the children from the parents the children
have been raised in the same faith they would have been raised in
if they had not been removed from their parents.

6. That no child has been returned to the care of the local
authority post adoption.

7. That no child in the care of the Local Authority has been
criminalised, ie gained a criminal record having not previously had
a criminal record while in the care of their biological parents.

Yours faithfully,

David Paul Jenkins

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Information Management, Newport City Council

Dear Mr Jenkins

 

I write regarding your recent Freedom of Information request.  We have
given lengthy consideration to your request for information and we would
like to inform you that in Wales, Social Services is a responsibility
devolved to Welsh Local Government with oversight by Wales Government. 
The Department of Education and Department of Health have no
jurisdiction.  Therefore, the policy guidance quoted does not apply to
Welsh Local authorities.

 

Regards

 

Information Management

Newport City Council

 

 

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From: David Paul Jenkins
[[1]mailto:[FOI #196948 email]]

Sent: 11 February 2014 17:30

To: Info

Subject: Freedom of Information request - Child Protection Services

 

Dear Newport City Council,

 

The standard letter from the Department of Education states:

 

"The law is clear: children should live with their parents wherever
possible and, when necessary, families should be given extra support to
help keep them together. In most cases, support from the local authority
enables any concerns to be addressed and children remain with their
families."

 

S17 of the Children Act places a duty on Children's Services to assist
families in need.

 

Please could you provide a year by year breakdown since 2001 of how much
of your budget has been allocated for assisting families in need and give
general information as to what that budget is spent on.

 

Please could you further provide a year by year breakdown of how much of
your budget is allocated to families subject to 'care proceedings'.

 

Please confirm you abide by the following laws:

 

1. All families subject to care proceedings have had the benefit of a
Residential Family Assessment before the child's permanent removal in
accordance with L (A Child) and H (A Child) [2007] EWCA Civ 213 which
held:

 

"before removing children from their natural families and placing them for
adoption with strangers the court should be astute to ensure that the case
had been fully investigated and that all the relevant evidence necessary
for the decision was in Place, Art 6 of the ECHR required it…..There would
of course be cases in which a

s38(6) assessment would be a waste of public funds: parents who had
inflicted injuries on their child but had failed to acknowledge their
responsibility or a woman who did not accept that a paedophile partner was
a risk to the child"

 

2. All parents who are guilty of abusing/neglecting their children to the
extent that nothing short of removal from the parents will protect the
children from SIGNIFICANT HARM have been convicted of a criminal offence
for abuse/neglect and have been referred to the Independent Safeguarding
Authority.

 

Please provide a positive or negative affirmation in relation to the
following statements:

 

3. That since removal of children from the parents no child in the care of
the Local Authority has:

a. Suffered sexual abuse

b. Suffered physical abuse.

c. Suffered emotional abuse.

(In this respect data referring to convictions/complaints of misconduct of
social workers/foster carers/care workers and statistics relating to child
suicides/children running away would provide the relevant assertion as to
whether or not children were suffering 'in care')

 

4. That since removal of the children from the parents no child in the
care of the Local Authority has been used for medical testing or
registered on any program by the NIHR, MRCN or any other medical research
program without the explicit consent from the biological parent.

 

5. That since removal of the children from the parents the children have
been raised in the same faith they would have been raised in if they had
not been removed from their parents.

 

6. That no child has been returned to the care of the local authority post
adoption.

 

7. That no child in the care of the Local Authority has been criminalised,
ie gained a criminal record having not previously had a criminal record
while in the care of their biological parents.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

David Paul Jenkins

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