Fostering Data
Dear Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council,
1. How many individual children (not placements) were placed into mainstream foster care by the LA over the past 12 months (or the most recent 12-month period that you're able to process)?
2. Of those, please confirm how many individual children (not placements) were placed with foster carers of independent fostering agencies.
3. What is the minimum, maximum and average agency fee you have given to IFAs for individual children (not placements) placed as 'standard' placements?
4. What is the minimum, maximum and average agency fee you have given to IFAs for individual children (not placements) placed as 'enhanced' placements (including step-down, remand and children with disabilities)?
5. What is the minimum, maximum and average agency fee you have given to IFAs for parent and child placements (placement fee, not for individuals)?
6. Of all individual children (not placements) placed in the 12-month period, please break down the numbers by ethnicity (categories you record)
7. And also by religion
Yours faithfully,
Tay Jiva MBE
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Dear Ms Jiva
Thank you for your email received on 7 June 2023 requesting information about Fostering Data.
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Your FOI request has been completed
Dear Tay Jiva
Your FOI with Reference Number : 6621 has been completed please click on the link
below to view it
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Customer Liaison Team
Knowsley Council
Archway Road
Huyton
Merseyside
L36 9UX
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Dear Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council,
Can you please clarify your response re Ethnicity? Your answer is simply showing as '4'.
Yours faithfully,
Tay Jiva MBE
Your FOI request has been completed
Dear Tay Jiva
Your FOI with Reference Number : 6621 has been completed please click on the link
below to view it
[1]https://knowsleytransaction.mendixcloud....
Customer Liaison Team
Knowsley Council
Archway Road
Huyton
Merseyside
L36 9UX
[2]www.knowsley.gov.uk
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Dear Ms Jiva,
I have updated the response and re-sent the link that was sent to you to include the information below.
A1 white British
A3 - White any other background
B3 -mixed White and Asian
B4 - mixed any other background
I hope this information assists you.
Kind regards,
Customer Liaison Team
Knowsley Council
Archway Road
Huyton
Knowsley
Merseyside
L36 9UX
Dear Customer Liaison Team,
What we are looking for is how many children fall into each of the ethnicity categories. So out of your 38 children, how many fall into each category.
I hope that makes more sense and that you are able to assist us further with this.
Yours sincerely,
Tay Jiva MBE
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