Foster care allowances and payments
Dear Isle of Anglesey Council,
1) Please could you tell me your 2016-17 weekly foster care allowances for all age bands, NOT including any fee/reward element for foster carers.
2) Please also include weekly allowances to former foster carers looking after young people aged 18+ in Continuing Care / When I am Ready 18+ placements, broken down by year 1, year 2, and year 3 if necessary.
3) Please detail your current fee structure for foster carers, including details of the levels/bands of carers and how much you pay per week at each level/band. Please also provide the number of foster carers on each level.
Thank you.
Yours faithfully,
Robert Cann
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Beryl Jones
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Dear Mr Cann,
Please find the response to your Freedom of Information request below and
attached.
I trust this concludes this request.
Yours sincerely,
Emma Edwards
Compliance Officer
Social Services
Croeso i chi ddelio gyda’r Cyngor yn y Gymraeg neu’n Saesneg. Cewch yr un
safon o wasanaeth yn y ddwy iaith. / You are welcome to deal with the
Council in Welsh or English. You will receive the same standard of
service in both languages.
1) Please could you tell me your 2016-17 weekly foster care allowances for
all age bands, NOT including any fee/reward element for foster carers.
Please see in booklet attached.
2) Please also include weekly allowances to former foster carers looking
after young people aged 18+ in Continuing Care / When I am Ready 18+
placements, broken down by year 1, year 2, and year 3 if necessary.
£189 week – this does not vary based on the year of the placement.
3) Please detail your current fee structure for foster carers, including
details of the levels/bands of carers and how much you pay per week at
each level/band. Please also provide the number of foster carers on each
level.
See attached for the first part of this question.
The number of carers on each level are as follows:
Level 1: 13 households
Level 2: 13 households
Level 3: 4 households
Level 4: 9 households
Level 5: 2 households.
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