Council spending for young adults leaving care
Hi there,
I am writing to request the following information under the Freedom of Information Act.
1) What was the maximum amount the council budget allowed to be paid out in the form of a ‘leaving care grant' (sometimes also called a setting up home allowance) in the 2022-2023 financial year?
2) How many young people left the care of your council on or after their 16th birthday in the 2022-2023 financial year?
3) How many of these young people received a leaving care grant?
4) What was the average amount (both mean and median) paid out to care leavers in a leaving care grant in the 2022-2023 financial year?
5) What was the lowest amount paid out to a care leaver in a leaving care grant in the 2022-2022 financial year?
6) What was the highest amount paid out to a care leaver in a ‘leaving care grant’ in the 2022-2023 financial year?
Yours faithfully,
Nandini Naira Archer
Dear Nandini Naira Archer,
Freedom of Information Request Ref:3035
I refer to your recent request for information about Leaving Care Grants,
which was received by the Council on the 21st August 2023.
Your request is being dealt with in accordance with the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 and will be responded to within twenty working days
of the date of its receipt by the Council.
If you have any queries about your freedom of information request, do not
hesitate to contact me. Please quote the reference number above in any
further communication concerning your request.
Yours faithfully,
Lynne Ridley
Epping Forest District Council
Civic Offices,
High Street,
Epping,
Essex, CM16 4BZ
(01992) 564000
Dear Nandini Naira Archer,
Freedom of Information Request Ref: 3035
I refer to your recent request for information about the Leaving Care
Grant.
The information that you have requested is not held by Epping Forest
District Council. Social services and provision within the Epping Forest
District is the responsibility of Essex County Council, who may hold the
information you are seeking. If you have not already done so, you may
therefore wish to contact Essex County Council at:
[1]https://www.essex.gov.uk/request-informa...
If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your freedom of information
request, you have the right to ask for an internal review. Internal review
requests should be submitted within two months of the date of your receipt
of this response to your request and should be addressed to: Lynne Ridley,
Corporate and Data Protection Officer, Epping Forest District Council,
Civic Offices, Epping, Essex, CM16 4BZ.
Please quote the reference number above in any further communication
concerning your freedom of information request.
If you are not satisfied with the outcome of an internal review, you have
the right to make a complaint to the Information Commissioner in
connection with the Council’s handling of your request. The Information
Commissioner can be contacted at: Information Commissioner’s Office,
Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF.
Yours faithfully,
Lynne Ridley
Epping Forest District Council
Civic Offices,
High Street,
Epping,
Essex, CM16 4BZ
(01992) 564000
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