Looked after children 2017
Dear Coventry City Council,
Would you kindly be able to tell me:
1. How many children became 'looked after' in your local authority in the calendar year of 2017?
2. Of the children in Q1, how many were in a group of siblings of two or more (I would like the number of children, not the number of groups)?
3. How many of the children that became 'looked after' in your local authority in 2017 were initially placed in Kinship Care/Connected Persons care?
4. How many looked after children in your local authority are currently placed following care proceedings:
a) with long term LA foster carers
b) in kinship care foster placements
5.a. How many applications to be a kinship carer did you receive in 2017 in respect of children subject to Care Proceedings?
5.b. How many of those (5.a.) applications were successful?
6. How many children in your local authority were made the subject of Special Guardianship Order following Care Proceedings in 2017?
7. How many of your local authority's current foster carers are prepared and approved to be long term foster carers of sibling groups of:
a) 2
b) 3 or more
Yours faithfully,
Christina Savage
Dear Sir / Madam
REQ03882 - Freedom of Information Act 2000
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Dear Sir / Madam
REQ03882 - Freedom of Information Act 2000
Thank you for your Email requesting information under the above
legislation, which we received on 02 March 2018. We will respond to you
within 20 working days of the date of receipt. If there are any problems
with this request that may delay the response, we will contact you.
For more information, you can view the latest information issued by the
Council on our [1]Disclosure Log, [2]Publication Scheme and [3]Open Data.
Please quote your reference number in any further communications on this
matter.
Kind regards,
Information Governance Team
Rooms 80-84, Second Floor
Council House
Coventry CV1 5RR
Functional Mailbox: [4][email address]
[5]www.coventry.gov.uk
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I would like to re-submit my request, covering a slightly different period of time namely the financial year and not the calendar year:
1. How many children became 'looked after' in your local authority in the financial year of 1 April 2016 to 31 March 2017?
2. Of the children in Q1, how many were in a group of siblings of two or more (I would like the number of children, not the number of groups)?
3. How many of the children that became 'looked after' in your local authority in the financial year of 1 April 2016 to 31 March 2017 were initially placed in Kinship Care/Connected Persons care?
4. How many looked after children in your local authority are currently placed following care proceedings:
a) with long term LA foster carers
b) in kinship care foster placements
5.a. How many applications to be a kinship carer did you receive in the financial year of 1 April 2016 to 31 March 2017 in respect of children subject to Care Proceedings?
5.b. How many of those (5.a.) applications were successful (positive viability assessment)?
6. How many children in your local authority were made the subject of Special Guardianship Order following Care Proceedings in the financial year of 1 April 2016 to 31 March 2017?
7. How many of your local authority's current foster carers are prepared and approved to be long term foster carers of sibling groups of:
a) 2
b) 3 or more
Yours Sincerely
Christina Savage
Dear Christina,
Thank you for your information request,
We have updated your request and the reference number is REQ03882,
Kind regards
Information Governance Team
Place Directorate
Coventry City Council
Room 80-84 Council House
Earl Street
Coventry
CV1 5RR
Tel:024 7683 3323
Functional Mailbox: [1][email address]
Council website: [2]www.coventry.gov.uk
Click [3]here to access the Council's FOI/EIR Disclosure Log
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From: Christina Savage [mailto:[FOI #468356 email]]
Sent: 05 March 2018 14:57
To: Information Governance <[email address]>
Subject: Re: Freedom of Information request - Looked after children 2017
I would like to re-submit my request, covering a slightly different period
of time namely the financial year and not the calendar year:
1. How many children became 'looked after' in your local authority in the
financial year of 1 April 2016 to 31 March 2017?
2. Of the children in Q1, how many were in a group of siblings of two or
more (I would like the number of children, not the number of groups)?
3. How many of the children that became 'looked after' in your local
authority in the financial year of 1 April 2016 to 31 March 2017 were
initially placed in Kinship Care/Connected Persons care?
4. How many looked after children in your local authority are currently
placed following care proceedings:
a) with long term LA foster carers
b) in kinship care foster placements
5.a. How many applications to be a kinship carer did you receive in the
financial year of 1 April 2016 to 31 March 2017 in respect of children
subject to Care Proceedings?
5.b. How many of those (5.a.) applications were successful (positive
viability assessment)?
6. How many children in your local authority were made the subject of
Special Guardianship Order following Care Proceedings in the financial
year of 1 April 2016 to 31 March 2017?
7. How many of your local authority's current foster carers are prepared
and approved to be long term foster carers of sibling groups of:
a) 2
b) 3 or more
Yours Sincerely
Christina Savage
Afternoon
Have you managed to collate the requested information yet?
Yours sincerely,
Christina Savage
Dear Christina
We apologise that you have not received a response to your request and
will get a response to you as soon as possible.
Kind regards
Information Governance Team
Place Directorate
Coventry City Council
Room 56 Council House
Earl Street
Coventry
CV1 5RR
Tel:024 7683 3323
Functional Mailbox: [1][email address]
Council website: [2]www.coventry.gov.uk
Click [3]here to access the Council's FOI/EIR Disclosure Log
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From: Christina Savage [mailto:[FOI #468356 email]]
Sent: 23 May 2018 12:44
To: Information Governance <[email address]>
Subject: Re: REQ03882 : Freedom of Information request - Looked after
children 2017
Afternoon
Have you managed to collate the requested information yet?
Yours sincerely,
Christina Savage
This request is now long overdue. Can I expect a reply soon?
Yours sincerely,
Christina Savage
Dear Ms Savage,
We apologise that you still do not appear to have received a response to
your request.
We are liaising with the service area as a matter of urgency in order to
provide you with a response.
Regards
Information Governance Team
Place Directorate
Coventry City Council
Rooms 56-57, Second Floor
Council House
Coventry CV1 5RR
Phone: (024) 7683 3323
Click [1]here to access the Council's FOI/EIR Disclosure Log
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For facts and figures about Coventry, look at the following:
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From: Christina Savage [mailto:[FOI #468356 email]]
Sent: 09 July 2018 16:52
To: Information Governance <[email address]>
Subject: RE: REQ03882 : Freedom of Information request - Looked after
children 2017
This request is now long overdue. Can I expect a reply soon?
Yours sincerely,
Christina Savage
Dear Sir/Madam,
Please find attached the letter of response to your Freedom of Information
request, and would apologise for the delay in this reaching you.
Regards
Information Governance Team
Place Directorate
Coventry City Council
Rooms 56-57, Second Floor
Council House
Coventry CV1 5RR
Phone: (024) 7683 3323
Click [1]here to access the Council's FOI/EIR Disclosure Log
Functional mailbox: [2][Coventry City Council request email]
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For facts and figures about Coventry, look at the following:
[4]Facts about Coventry | Coventry City Council
[5]We Are City of Culture 2021
[6]We Are City of Culture 2021
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