Children’s social care eligibility criteria
Dear Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea,
Under the Freedom of Information Act, I kindly request the following information on eligibility for children’s services (for the purposes of this request, ‘children’s services’ relates to those referenced in Section 17 of the Children’s Act 1989):
1) Does your local authority use eligibility criteria to determine qualification for services for children?
2) If your local authority does use eligibility criteria to determine qualification for services for children:
i. when were they implemented?
ii. were consultations held around introducing them and, if so, what was the consultation period?
iii. please provide details of the eligibility criteria
3) If your local authority does not use eligibility criteria to determine qualification for services for children, by what criteria do you determine a child’s eligibility for such services?
Yours faithfully,
Clare Lucas
Dear Ms. Lucas
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REF: 2012-764
I am writing to confirm that we received your information request on 8
August 2012. For your information and future communications your request
has been allocated the reference number FOI2012-764. Please quote this
reference in any future correspondence.
We will consider your request and respond in accordance with the
requirements of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Our duty is to
respond promptly or at least within 20 working days.
Yours sincerely
Robin Yu
Information Protection Assistant
Information Governance Team
Information Systems Division (ISD)
The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
The Town Hall, Hornton Street, London W8 7NX
Tel: 020 7938 8226
Web: [1]http://www.rbkc.gov.uk
Dear Ms. Lucas
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REF: 2012-764
I am responding to your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000,
which we received on 8 August 2012, for information held by the Council.
You requested:
1) Does your local authority use eligibility criteria to determine
qualification for services for children?
The Council uses an eligibility criteria to determine qualification for
services to children.
2) If your local authority does use eligibility criteria to determine
qualification for services for children:
i. when were they implemented?
This criteria was implemented in February 2010.
ii. were consultations held around introducing them and, if so, what was
the consultation period?
This eligibility criteria was developed through a multi agency forum, led
by Children’s Services in consultation with membership of the LSCB. The
consultation period was between 6 to 8 months.
iii. please provide details of the eligibility criteria
Please see attached.
3) If your local authority does not use eligibility criteria to determine
qualification for services for children, by what criteria do you determine
a child’s eligibility for such services?
N/A
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Yours sincerely
Robin Yu
Information Protection Assistant
Information Governance Team
Information Systems Division (ISD)
The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
The Town Hall, Hornton Street, London W8 7NX
Tel: 020 7938 8226
Web: [2]http://www.rbkc.gov.uk
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