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

Braintree District Council did not have the information requested.

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

Braintree District Council

Dear Charlotte Lynch,

 

Further to your Freedom of Information request received by Braintree
District Council, I write to advise that the Council holds no information
in respect of your request, as we do not have a Social Services
department.

 

This information may be held by Essex County Council and I respectfully
refer you to the Freedom of Information Officer for Essex County Council.

 

To send Essex County Council an FOI please view their website at the
following link:

 

[1]http://www.essex.gov.uk/Your-Council/You...

 

If you disagree with the Council’s decision in respect of your freedom of
information request or are otherwise unhappy with how the Council has
dealt with your request in the first instance you may approach Emma Wisbey
Governance and Member Manager in writing at the following address:
Braintree District Council, Causeway House, Bocking End, Braintree, Essex,
CM7 9HB.

 

Should you remain dissatisfied with the outcome you have a right of appeal
under S50 of the Freedom of Information Act to appeal against the decision
by contacting the Information Commissioner, Wycliffe House, Water Lane,
Wilmslow SK9 5AF, [email address]

 

Kind Regards, 

 

Victoria Alexander

Performance & Information Officer

 

Braintree District Council | Causeway House, Bocking End, Braintree, CM7
9HB

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