Initial Child Protection Conferences

Gareth Davies made this Freedom of Information request to Bracknell Forest Borough Council as part of a batch sent to 10 authorities

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Gareth Davies
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Good morning,

I would like to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

My request relates to Initial Child Protection Conferences (ICPC) conducted in 2020.

For each ICPC I would like to know:

1) Was a child protection plan required? (YES or NO)
2) Was the decision taken by the Conference Chair exercising his or her decision-making powers (i.e. because a consensus or majority could not be found among the professionals in attendance)? (YES or NO)
3) Did any agency disagree with the decision made at the ICPC? (YES or NO)
4) If the answer to (3) is NO, which agency disagreed with the decision?
A) Police
B) Social Care
C) School
D) Health
E) Other

I would like to receive the information electronically in a spreadsheet.

If the decision is made to withhold some of this information using exemptions in the Act, please inform me of that fact and cite the exemptions used.

If you need clarification please contact me at this email address. Under your section 16 duty to provide advice and assistance I would expect you to contact me if you find this request unmanageable in any way before the 20th working day.

I would be grateful if you could confirm in writing that you have received this request, and I look forward to hearing from you in the near future.

Thank you for your time,

Gareth Davies

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Gareth Davies
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Dear Bracknell Forest Borough Council,

Please note in relation to the FOI request 'Initial Child Protection Conferences' Question 4 should read 'Yes' instead of 'No'.

Yours faithfully,

Gareth Davies

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Information Compliance-Officer, Bracknell Forest Borough Council

Dear Gareth Davies

Thank you for your request for information, below, which was received by the Council 25/01/2022() and we will answer your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. The FOI Act obliges us to respond to requests promptly, and in any case no later than 20 working days (by 22/02/2022) unless it is necessary to consider the public interest, in which case a full response must be provided within such a time as is reasonable in the circumstances and I will write to you again if this occurs.

The Council is fully utilising its facilities in order to complete all freedom information requests and subject access requests within the statutory time scale. However, whilst we are making every effort to fulfil every request, it is acknowledged both by the Council and the ICO that sometimes other pressures will have to take priority during this difficult time and people may experience unavoidable delays to their FOI and SAR response times. We thank you for your patience in this challenging time.

If you have any queries about this letter, please contact me. Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future correspondence.

Yours sincerely

Information Compliance Team
Legal Services
Delivery
Bracknell Forest Council
Tel: 01344 352000
Email: [Bracknell Forest Borough Council request email]
Web: www.bracknell-forest.gov.uk

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Information Compliance-Officer, Bracknell Forest Borough Council

 

From: [1][email address]

 

Sent:  4^th March 2022

 

 

Subject: Freedom of Information response No: 761

 

Dear Gareth Davies

 

I am writing to confirm that the council has completed the processing of
your request for information.

 

Please find below a copy of your request, followed by the Council’s
response.

 

REQUEST

 

I would like to request information under the Freedom of Information Act
2000.

 

My request relates to Initial Child Protection Conferences (ICPC)
conducted in 2020.

 

For each ICPC I would like to know:

 

1) Was a child protection plan required? (YES or NO)

2) Was the decision taken by the Conference Chair exercising his or her
decision-making powers (i.e. because a consensus or majority could not be
found among the professionals in attendance)? (YES or NO)

3) Did any agency disagree with the decision made at the ICPC? (YES or NO)

4) If the answer to (3) is NO, which agency disagreed with the decision?

A) Police

B) Social Care

C) School

D) Health

E) Other

 

RESPONSE

I am instructed that the cost of complying with your request would exceed
the appropriate limit of £450. The appropriate limit has been specified in
regulations and for local government it is £450. This represents the
estimated cost of one person spending 2.5 working days in locating,
retrieving and extracting the information. This is because we do not
maintain this information in an easily accessible format. Extracting this
data will mean going through each ICPC for the year 2020. We estimate This
will take much longer than 18 hours and so we are unable to provide this
information.  Under section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act the
Council  is not obliged to comply with your request and will not be
processing your request further.

 

You may also find it helpful to refer to our web page
[2]https://www.bracknell-forest.gov.uk/busi...
which contains other helpful information as well.

 

If you have any queries about this matter please contact me. Please
remember to quote the reference number above in any future communications.

 

Please note that your request may itself be the subject of a FOI request
and will be disclosed in that event.

 

Bracknell Forest council now considers that it has complied with your
request. However, you have a right to appeal if you are dissatisfied with
our response. Requests for an internal review must be made in writing, and
within 40 calendar days of this response being issued to you. When
requesting an internal review, please include your reference number, the
date of your original request and your contact details. Please also
include an explanation of why you are dissatisfied with our response.
Requests for an internal review should be sent to:
[3][Bracknell Forest Borough Council request email]

 

 

If you are not content with the outcome of your complaint, you may apply
directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. Generally, the
ICO cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted the complaints
procedure provided by the Council. The Information Commission can be
contacted at: The Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water
Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF.

 

Yours sincerely

Information Management Team

 

   

 

Legal Services
Service Delivery
Bracknell Forest Council

 

Tel: 01344 352000
Email: [4][email address]
Web: [5]www.bracknell-forest.gov.uk

 

 

 

 

 

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