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

Freedom Of Information, Exeter City Council

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Carrie-Anne Bainbridge, Exeter City Council

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under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

 

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Council is not responsible for social services.  I would suggest you
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Carrie

 

Carrie-Anne Bainbridge

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Executive Support

Exeter City Council

 

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From: Charlotte Lynch <[FOI #813968 email]>
Sent: 06 December 2021 13:19
To: Freedom Of Information <[Exeter City Council request email]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Deaths and hospital admissions
for malnourishment of children known to social services

 

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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