Deaths and hospital admissions for malnourishment of children known to social services

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Good afternoon,

I would like to request the following information under the Freedom of Information Act.

1) How many children, who were known to your social services department, died between 1st January 2017 – 30th November 2021? (Including those dates)
1i. Please specify how many of those occurred in each year - 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021.
1ii. Please provide the ages of the children, and the cause of death.

2) How many children, who were known to your social services department, were admitted to hospital with malnourishment between 1st January 2017 – 30th November 2021? (Including those dates)
2i. Please specify how many of those occurred in each year - 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021.
2i. Please provide the ages of the children.

Please provide the dataset in an Excel format.

Yours faithfully,

Charlotte Lynch

Customer Contact,

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From: Charlotte Lynch <[FOI #813898 email]>
Sent: 06 December 2021 13:16
To: FOI requests at Boston Borough Council <[Boston Borough Council request email]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Deaths and hospital admissions
for malnourishment of children known to social services

 

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Good afternoon,

I would like to request the following information under the Freedom of
Information Act.

1) How many children, who were known to your social services department,
died between 1st January 2017 – 30th November 2021? (Including those
dates)

1i. Please specify how many of those occurred in each year - 2017, 2018,
2019, 2020, 2021.

1ii. Please provide the ages of the children, and the cause of death.

2) How many children, who were known to your social services department,
were admitted to hospital with malnourishment between 1st January 2017 –
30th November 2021? (Including those dates)

2i. Please specify how many of those occurred in each year - 2017, 2018,
2019, 2020, 2021.

2i. Please provide the ages of the children.

Please provide the dataset in an Excel format.

Yours faithfully,

Charlotte Lynch

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Good afternoon,

 

Thank you for your information access request received on the 6^th
December 2021 where you asked for information about deaths and hospital
admissions for malnourishment of children known to social services.

 

Under Section 1(1)(a) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 we can
confirm that Boston Borough Council does not hold the information
specified in your request.

 

The subject of this request does not fall within the responsibilities of
Boston Borough Council. We would advise that you contact Lincolnshire
County Council: [1][email address] who may
be able to assist with your request.  

 

We trust that the information above completes your request in full,
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decision, you should contact Richard Steele, Information Manager and Data
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you have a right to appeal to the Information Commissioner at:

 

The Information Commissioner's Office,

Wycliffe House,

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Cheshire

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Kind regards

 

Alex Fisher | Information Governance Officer| Boston Borough Council and
East Lindsey District Council

Direct Dial: 01205 314200

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