Looked after children 2017

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Dear Salford City Council,

Would you kindly be able to tell me:

1. How many children became 'looked after' in your local authority in 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

Christina Savage

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 faithfully,

Christina Savage

Bond, Julie, Salford City Council

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Dear Christina
Please find enclosed the Council's response to your recent freedom of information request.

Yours sincerely

Julie Bond Principal Information Governance Officer
Legal & Governance Division
Service Reform
DD    0161 793 3041
E   [email address]
 
Salford City Council
Civic Centre, Chorley Road, Swinton M27 5AW
T    0161 794 4711

    

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Christina Savage

Dear Julie,

Thank you so much!

Would you be able to update the data to reflect the financial year of 2016/2017 instead?

Yours sincerely,

Christina Savage

Bond, Julie, Salford City Council

Hi Christina , there is another foi in progress at present which will deal with that period. I will be able to send it to you but not until 22.3.18 is that ok?

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Christina Savage

Dear Julie,

That would be great, thank you.

Yours sincerely,

Christina Savage

Bond, Julie, Salford City Council

Hi I found this from an earlier request re 2016/17 figures
Will this suffice?

As at 31/3/17
Adoptive placements 8
Foster placements 353
Independent Living 8
Other 9
Placed with parents/people with pr 83
Residential 62
Total 523

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Christina Savage

Dear Julie,

I'm not completely sure it accurately answers my questions.

Yours sincerely,

Christina Savage

Bond, Julie, Salford City Council

Dear Christina
OK well let's wait until 22.3. and see if the other one answers your questions but if not by then I may need to log it as a new request at that point.

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Bond, Julie, Salford City Council

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Hi Christine as promised this is the additional information which may assist you in your work.

Kind regards

Julie Bond
Principal Information Governance Officer

Salford City Council
Legal and Governance Division
Service Reform
Innovation House
Chorley Road
Swinton
M27 5 DA

DD 0161 793 3041
E [email address]

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