Justification for taking children from their families.

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Dear Sophie Rises

Thank you for your e-mail received 24 January 2011 requesting information regarding justification for taking children from their families.

Janet Ryan in Children Services will arrange for the information to be provided to you no later than 21/02/2011.

Whilst it is the Council's policy to provide information wherever possible, I need to advise you that there are a number of exemptions under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. These may prevent me from releasing all or some of the information you have asked for. You will, however be informed if this is the case and why.

Yours sincerely

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Corporate Complaints & FOI Team
Barking and Dagenham Direct
London Borough of Barking and Dagenham
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Dear Sophie Rises

     A. Since 2003 please give a year by year breakdown of which

     CRIMINAL ACT a parent had contravened when committing a

     abuse/neglect against their child in order to justify the
permanent

     removal of the child from the parent:

    

     1. Sexual Offences Act 1956

     2. Mental Health Act 1959

     3. Sexual Offences Act 2003

     4. Children and Young Persons Act 1933

     5. Infanticide Act 1938

     6. Indecency with Children Act 1960

     7. Sexual Offences Act 1967

     8. Misuse of Drugs Act 1971

     9. Criminal Law Act 1977

     10. Protection of Children Act 1978

     11. Customs & Excise Management Act 1979

     12. Mental Health Act 1983

     13. Child Abduction Act 1984

     14. Criminal Justice Act 1988

     15. Sexual Offences (amendment) Act 2000

     16. Nationality Immigration and Asylum Act 1982

     17. Asylum and Immigration Act 2004

     18. Domestic Violence Crime and Victims Act 2004

     19. Mental Capacity Act 2005

    

     B. Where the parent has not been convicted of any criminal act in

     contravention of any of the above Acts please state what reason
was

     given to justify permanent removal of the child:

    

     1. Information from child's medical records

     2. Information from Parent's medical records

     3. Unsatisfactory Supervised Contact Reports

     4. Unsatisfactory Psychological/Psychiatric Report

     5. Parent not co-operating with Children's Services

     6. Parent placing own needs above children's needs.

    

     C. Of those parents identified in B2 please state if the

     information related to:

    

     1. Depression

     2. Alcoholism

     3. Illegal Drug Addiction

     4. Prescription Drug Addiction

    

     D. Of those parents identified in B4. Please state if the

     information related to:

    

     1. Attachment disorder

     2. Personality disorder.

    

     E. Of those parents identified in B. how many had the benefit of
a

     Residential Family Assessment Under S38.6 of the Children Act
1989,

     before a decision to permanently deprive the children of their

     parents was made?

Your Request has been considered and unfortunately we are unable to supply
this information.

This is due to the data not being held in a format that enables us to run
a report and would therefore have to administer this task manually. This
would therefore take us over the FOI limit set by the Information
Commissioners Office of £450.

If you are not satisfied with the way that I have dealt with your request
you can make a complaint by writing to the Corporate Complaints Team, Room
104, Town Hall, 1 Town Square, Barking IG11 7HE Alternatively you can
make your complaint on-line at [1]www.barking-dagenham.gov.uk or you can
e-mail your complaint to [2][email address].

If you are still not satisfied, after following our Corporate Complaints
procedure, you can take your complaint to the Information Commissioner.
Full details of how to do this will be made available on request.

Yours Sincerely

Janet Ryan | Complaints and Information Team Manager, Members Case
Officer for Children, Adult and Community Services.

London Borough of Barking and Dagenham | Room 218 | Barking Town Hall |
Barking | Essex | IG11 7LU

Phone: 020 8227 3636 | Fax: 020 8227 2156

Email: janet.ryan[3]@lbbd.gov.uk | [4]www.barking-dagenham.gov.uk

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