Grants to Foster and Adoptive Parents

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Dear North Yorkshire County Council,

Please could you state how much your Council spent during the
financial year 2013-2014 on each of the following

1. Non-repayable grants to Foster Parents

a. towards the purchase of bigger cars. If more than one
family received a grant please elaborate.

b. towards the building of house extensions or the
purchase of bigger houses. If more than one
family received a grant please elaborate.

If recipients later cease fostering, are grants
repayable, in full or in part, - or would they be if
this situation hasn't yet arisen?

1. Non-repayable grants to Adoptive Parents

a. towards the purchase of bigger cars. If more than one
family received a grant please elaborate.

b. towards the building of house extensions or the
purchase of bigger houses. If more than one
family received a grant please elaborate.

If after a grant has been received adopted children are
returned to Local Authority care, or are removed, are
grants repayable, in full or in part, - or would they
be if this situation hasn't yet arisen?

Yours faithfully,

Avril Williams

Data Management Officer, North Yorkshire Council

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cypsfoi, North Yorkshire Council

Dear Ms Williams

Thank you for your FOI request of 31 July 2014. Please find our response to your questions below:

1. Non-repayable grants to Foster Parents

a. towards the purchase of bigger cars. If more than one family received a grant please elaborate.

We do not have any non-repayable grants to Foster parents

b. towards the building of house extensions or the purchase of bigger houses. If more than one family received a grant please elaborate.

No contributions have been made for building works in 2013/14. Occasionally in previous years a small extension may have been funded to enable sibling groups to stay together.

If recipients later cease fostering, are grants repayable, in full or in part, - or would they be if this situation hasn't yet arisen?

This has not arisen as we do not offer repayable grants. In instances where an extension has been funded, this would apply if the foster carers ceased fostering after an extension was built and is reflected in the legal agreement. They would need to repay a reducing proportion over 5 years

1. Non-repayable grants to Adoptive Parents MEL

a. towards the purchase of bigger cars. If more than one family received a grant please elaborate.

NONE

b. towards the building of house extensions or the purchase of bigger houses. If more than one family received a grant please elaborate.

NONE

If after a grant has been received adopted children are returned to Local Authority care, or are removed, are grants repayable, in full or in part, - or would they be if this situation hasn't yet arisen?

Not applicable

Yours sincerely

Marion Sadler
Business Support Manager (Leadership Support – Children and Young People’s Service)
North Yorkshire County Council | County Hall |Northallerton | North Yorkshire | DL7 8AE
T: 01609 532234 | E: [email address]

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