Fostering Data
Dear Northumberland County 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
Our Ref: 12476
Dear Mr Jiva,
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Our Ref: 12476
Dear Enquirer,
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I refer to your Freedom of Information request in relation to foster care
placements.
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have requested, please see the following information in response.
Q.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)?
129
Q.2 Of those, please confirm how many individual children (not placements)
were placed with foster carers of independent fostering agencies.
26
Q.3 What is the minimum, maximum and average agency fee you have given to
IFAs for individual children (not placements) placed as 'standard'
placements?
Q.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)?
Q.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)?
Minimum Maximum Average
Q3 - Standard Placements 369.87 1,401.82 755.84
Q4 - Enhanced Placements 805.85 1,237.43 1,009.45
Q5 - Mother & Baby Placements 1,693.02 1,693.02 1,693.02
Q.6 Of all individual children (not placements) placed in the 12-month
period, please break down the numbers by ethnicity (categories you
record)
Q.7 And also by religion
Church Not
Ethnicity / Christian of Jehovah Muslim None Applicable Not Not Yet
Religion England Witness - Too Stated Obtained
Young
Any other
ethnic 2 2 1
group
Asian 1
Black 3
African
Indian 1
Information
not yet 1 2
obtained
Mixed any
other 1
background
Mixed White
& Black 1
African
White any
other 5
background
White 5 5 77 2 8 11 1
British
Grand 6 5 3 3 72 4 10 13 1
Total
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Northumberland County Council
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Northumberland
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Dear Northumberland County Council,
Unfortunately, the formatting came out really strangely on here meaning that I could not obtain the statistics given for ethnicity or religion. Could you please resent these to me, perhaps as an attachment instead?
Yours faithfully,
Tay Jiva MBE
Dear Mr Jiva,
Please find below the response for 12476.
Q.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)?
A.1 129
Q.2 Of those, please confirm how many individual children (not placements)
were placed with foster carers of independent fostering agencies.
A.2 26
Q.3 What is the minimum, maximum and average agency fee you have given to
IFAs for individual children (not placements) placed as 'standard'
placements?
Q.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)?
Q.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)?
Minimum Maximum Average
Q.3 -
Standard
Placements 369.87 1,401.82 755.84
Q.4 -
Enhanced
Placements 805.85 1,237.43 1,009.45
Q.5 - Mother
& Baby
Placements 1,693.02 1,693.02 1,693.02
Q.6 Of all individual children (not placements) placed in the 12-month
period, please break down the numbers by ethnicity (categories you
record)
Q.7 And also by religion
Not
Applicable
Ethnicity / Church of Jehovah - Too Not Not Yet
Religion Christian England Witness Muslim None Young Stated Obtained
Any other
ethnic
group 2 2 1
Asian 1
Black
African 3
Indian 1
Information
not yet
obtained 1 2
Mixed any
other
background 1
Mixed White
& Black
African 1
White any
other
background 5
White
British 5 5 77 2 8 11 1
Grand
Total 6 5 3 3 72 4 10 13 1
I hope this helps.
kind regards
Julia
Information Governance Office
(t) 0345 600 6400
(e) [email address]
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From: Tay Jiva MBE <[FOI #988226 email]>
Sent: 28 June 2023 14:22
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Dear Northumberland County Council,
Unfortunately, the formatting came out really strangely on here meaning
that I could not obtain the statistics given for ethnicity or religion.
Could you please resent these to me, perhaps as an attachment instead?
Yours faithfully,
Tay Jiva MBE
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Dear FOI Mailbox,
Thank you so much for responding to my request. For questions 6 and 7 the information has displayed strangely, so I cannot understand which number is for which category. Could you possibly resend these as an attachment on a document?
Yours sincerely,
Tay Jiva MBE
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Morning
Apologies, I have provided the table below. Hope this comes through ok
this time.
Q.6 Of all individual children (not placements) placed in the 12-month
period, please break down the numbers by ethnicity (categories you record)
Q.7 And also by religion
Church Not
Ethnicity / Christian of Jehovah Muslim None Applicable Not Not Yet Roman
Religion England Witness - Too Stated Obtained Catholic
Young
Any other
ethnic 2 2 1
group
Asian 1
Black 3
African
Indian 1
Information
not yet 1 2
obtained
Mixed any
other 1
background
Mixed White
& Black 1
African
White any
other 5
background
White 5 5 77 2 8 11 1
British
Grand Total 6 5 3 3 84 4 10 13 1
Thanks
Freedom of Information Officer
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From: Tay Jiva MBE <[FOI #988226 email]>
Sent: 15 September 2023 21:28
To: FOI Mailbox <[email address]>
Subject: Re: 12476 - Fostering Data
Dear FOI Mailbox,
Thank you so much for responding to my request. For questions 6 and 7 the
information has displayed strangely, so I cannot understand which number
is for which category. Could you possibly resend these as an attachment on
a document?
Yours sincerely,
Tay Jiva MBE
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