Foster Care Allowances and Payments

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Dear Medway Council,

1) Please could you tell me your 2017-18 weekly foster care allowances for all age bands, NOT including any fee/reward element for foster carers.

2) Please detail your current fee/reward structure for foster carers (NB this is different to allowances for the child). Please include:
i) Details of the levels/bands for carers and how much you pay per week at each level/band.
ii) The number of foster carers on each level/band, including those that receive no fee on top of the child’s allowance.

3) Please could you tell me your weekly allowances to former foster carers looking after young people in Staying Put 18+ arrangements, broken down by year 1, year 2, and year 3+ if necessary.

4) Please detail your current fee/reward structure for former foster carers looking after young people in Staying Put arrangements. Please include:
i) Details of the levels/bands and how much you pay per week at each level/band.
ii) The number of former foster carers on each level/band, including those that receive no fee on top of the child’s allowance.

Thank you.

Yours faithfully,

Robert Cann

freedom, Medway Council

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-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Cann [mailto:[FOI #417486 email]]
Sent: 11 July 2017 12:58
To: freedom
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Foster Care Allowances and Payments

Dear Medway Council,

1) Please could you tell me your 2017-18 weekly foster care allowances for all age bands, NOT including any fee/reward element for foster carers.

2) Please detail your current fee/reward structure for foster carers (NB this is different to allowances for the child). Please include:
i) Details of the levels/bands for carers and how much you pay per week at each level/band.
ii) The number of foster carers on each level/band, including those that receive no fee on top of the child's allowance.

3) Please could you tell me your weekly allowances to former foster carers looking after young people in Staying Put 18+ arrangements, broken down by year 1, year 2, and year 3+ if necessary.

4) Please detail your current fee/reward structure for former foster carers looking after young people in Staying Put arrangements. Please include:
i) Details of the levels/bands and how much you pay per week at each level/band.
ii) The number of former foster carers on each level/band, including those that receive no fee on top of the child's allowance.

Thank you.

Yours faithfully,

Robert Cann

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Dear Robert,
 
Please see your Freedom of Information request attached.
 
Kind Regards,
 
Michelle Healey | ROI-Access to Records Admin Officer | Children’s
Administration Support Services |Medway Council – Broadside | Gun Wharf |
Dock Road | Chatham
Kent | ME4 4TR
 
Telephone: 01634 335623 |Fax: 01634 335617
General Email: [1][email address]
Secure ROI/Access to Records Email:
[2][email address]
 
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: freedom
Sent: 12 July 2017 15:24
To: weeks, rebecca
Subject: FW: Freedom of Information request - Foster Care Allowances and
Payments - Ref: MFOI001816
 
 
Good Afternoon
 
Please find below a request for information that, following our
assessment, we believe involves your service area. We are currently
awaiting final system set-up, therefore a reference number will be
forwarded next week.  An acknowledgment of receipt of the request has been
sent to the customer.
It is possible this request may require input from more than one
directorate, where this is the case, please would the appropriate lead
service manager make it known to the others involved and the Freedom
mailbox that they will be coordinating the response.
Depending on the nature of this request it will be necessary to deal with
it using one or more of the following:
1.      Freedom of Information Act 2000
2.      Environmental Information Regulations 2004 or
3.      Data Protection Act 1998
If it is either 1 or 2 you must respond within twenty working days and,
therefore, the closing date for this request will be 08/08/2017.
However, if the customer has requested personal information about
themselves, or on behalf of someone else, the request should be dealt with
under the Data Protection Act 1998 as a Subject Access Request (SAR). The
closing date for SARs is 40 calendar days following receipt of payment of
the fee, please advise the Freedom mailbox of this date as soon as is
possible.
All draft responses must be approved by the relevant manager/service
manager and are to be copied to the Freedom mailbox, this will enable us
to update the central records and close requests accordingly.
If you have any concerns relating to this or any other Information
Management matter, in the first instance, please contact your service
manager. Should this not resolve your concerns please contact Gayle Jones,
Information Governance Manager via the Freedom mailbox.
 
Kind Regards
 
 
FOI Team
 
 
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Cann [[3]mailto:[FOI #417486 email]]
Sent: 11 July 2017 12:58
To: freedom
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Foster Care Allowances and
Payments
 
Dear Medway Council,
 
1) Please could you tell me your 2017-18 weekly foster care allowances for
all age bands, NOT including any fee/reward element for foster carers.
 
        Maintenance per week
0-2    £146.46
2-4    £150.77
5-8    £168.00
9-10   £168.00
11-15  £190.62
16-17  £224.00
 
2) Please detail your current fee/reward structure for foster carers (NB
this is different to allowances for the child). Please include:
 
i) Details of the levels/bands for carers and how much you pay per week at
each level/band.
 
        Reward per week
0-2    £101.83
2-4    £101.83
5-8    £101.83
9-10   £202.57
11-15  £202.57
16-17  £202.57
 
ii) The number of foster carers on each level/band, including those that
receive no fee on top of the child’s allowance.
 
Please refer to Performance & Intelligence - James Malthus.
 
3) Please could you tell me your weekly allowances to former foster carers
looking after young people in Staying Put 18+ arrangements, broken down by
year 1, year 2, and year 3+ if necessary.
 
Staying Put rates per week - (same amount per year)
 
Level 1 £142.45
Level 2 £194.11
Level 3 £226.52
 
4) Please detail your current fee/reward structure for former foster
carers looking after young people in Staying Put arrangements. Please
include:
 
i) Details of the levels/bands and how much you pay per week at each
level/band.
 
Staying Put rates per week
 
Level 1 £142.45
Level 2 £194.11
Level 3 £226.52
 
 
ii) The number of former foster carers on each level/band, including those
that receive no fee on top of the child’s allowance.
 
Please refer to Performance & Intelligence - James Malthus.
 
Thank you.
 
Yours faithfully,
 
Robert Cann
 
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