We acknowledge receipt of your request to Manchester City Council,
concerning:

Family Group Conference provision

If your request comes under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) or
the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR), we will aim to
respond as promptly as we can and by no later than 20 working days.
Sometimes an extension to that timescale will apply and we will let you
know if that is the case.

If some or all of your request needs to be considered under processes
other than those provided by FOIA or EIR, different timescales may apply.
In particular, any part of your request that concerns your own personal
information will be considered in line with your rights under data
protection legislation (including the right of access) and we will aim to
provide you with a response in respect of that part of your request
without undue delay and by no later than one calendar month, unless an
extension to that timescale applies (we will let you know if that is the
case).

The reference number for your request is FOI/9788.

Should you have any further inquiries concerning your request, please
reply to this email leaving the subject line unchanged.

Yours sincerely
Manchester City Council

Your personal data is very important to us. Please refer to our privacy
notice at [1]www.manchester.gov.uk/privacy for further information.

References

Visible links
1. http://www.manchester.gov.uk/privacy

Dear M r. Griffith

Reference: FOI/9788

Thank you for your request for information which was received by
Manchester City Council on 09/05/2023 and has been considered under the
provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (“the 2000 Act”).

You asked:

I would like to make a request under the Freedom of Information act to
obtain information regarding the use of Family Group Conferences, or
similar meetings within your Children’s Services and would be grateful for
the following information please:

Are you holding Family Group Conferences, or similar meetings (if so what
are they called) as a standard part of your process?
Do you provide this service of Family Group Conferences or similar
meetings internally or use an external provider (if so which provider)?
How many Family Group Conferences or similar meetings do you hold on
average per year?

In response to your request, please see below:

Alonzi House have an FGC team (MCC). This is an internal MCC team. The
team are called the Family Group Conference Team and deliver the service.
Average number for a year 118 actual conferences delivered.

Please note if you are not satisfied with this response you may ask for an
internal review. If you wish an internal review to be undertaken, please
contact the Democratic Services Legal Team, whose address is, PO Box 532,
Town Hall, Manchester, M60 2LA, email:
[MCC request email] in the first instance. 

A copy of the Council’s access to information complaints procedure can be
downloaded from
[1]http://www.manchester.gov.uk/downloads/d.....

If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review process,
you have the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a
decision.

The Information Commissioner can be contacted at:

Information Commissioner's Office 

Wycliffe House 

Water Lane, Wilmslow 

Cheshire, SK9 5AF 

Tel: 01625 545700 

Fax: 01625 524510 

www.ico.org.uk

If you have any queries about this letter please contact me. Please
remember to quote the reference number above in any future communications.

Yours sincerely

Val Jenkinson

Service Lead-Edge of Care & Residential

Children’s and Education Directorate 

References

Visible links
1. http://www.manchester.gov.uk/downloads/d...