looked after children
Dear Sir or Madam,
Under the freedom of information act I would like to know numerical
statistics in order by year during the period of 1998 to 2008 (or
as far back as you can go without charging me) for the following;
1) how many children were taken into local authority care on
interim care orders and emergency protection orders under the
catagory of emotional harm during the above period ? i do not wish
you to include any children for any other catagories of harm/abuse.
2)Out of these children who were taken into care for emotional harm
how many of them were specifically for domestic violence between
their parents? again i do not wish you to include children who had
violence directed at them as that would fall into a different
catagory being physical abuse.
3)Out of these children who were put into care for domestic
violence how many were returned to family or extended family ?
4)Out of these how many children were put on full care orders?
5)of the children put on full care orders how many were adopted
during these periods.
Yours faithfully,
Angela Wileman
Dear Ms Wileman,
REF: 2009/COR0611 FREEDOM OF INFORMATION - INFORMATION REQUEST
I acknowledge your request received on 1 October 2009.
Your request is being considered and you will receive the information requested within the statutory timescale of 20 working days as defined by the Freedom of Information Act 2000, subject to the information not being exempt or containing a reference to a third party.
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Yours sincerely,
Jon Hill
Senior Information Management Officer
Information Management Team
FCS Business Technology
London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham
Tel: 020 8753 5865
Dear Ms Wileman,
REF: 2009/COR0611 FREEDOM OF INFORMATION - INFORMATION REQUEST
Your request for information has now been considered and our response is as follows:
1) how many children were taken into local authority care on
interim care orders and emergency protection orders under the
catagory of emotional harm during the above period ? i do not wish
you to include any children for any other catagories of harm/abuse.
We do not keep informaiton for the number of children taken into care for for emotional harm so are therefore unable to provide an answer to this question. Please note, the DCSF does not require Looked After Children to be recorded under a category of emotional harm.
2)Out of these children who were taken into care for emotional harm
how many of them were specifically for domestic violence between
their parents? again i do not wish you to include children who had
violence directed at them as that would fall into a different
catagory being physical abuse.
N/A
3)Out of these children who were put into care for domestic
violence how many were returned to family or extended family ?
N/A
4)Out of these how many children were put on full care orders?
N/A
5)of the children put on full care orders how many were adopted
during these periods.
N/A
If you are dissatisfied in any way you may write to the Information Manager, Business Technology, 2nd Floor, Hammersmith Town Hall Extension, London W6 9JU
Once you have exhausted the complaints procedure you may appeal to the Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF, Telephone: 01625 545 700, http://www.ico.gov.uk
Yours sincerely,
Jon Hill
Senior Information Management Officer
Information Management Team
FCS Business Technology
London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham
Tel: 020 8753 5865
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