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Dear Oliver,

I refer to your request dated 17^th April 2023 under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000.  To enable me to proceed with your request, I will
require further details in order to identify and locate all the requested
information. 

To help us to provide the information required, please could you clarify
what is meant by the following:

Unregulated – Post 16 semi-independent (where no regulations exist)

Unregistered – a child under 16 placed in an unregistered setting

Both

The Council has suspended your request until we receive clarification, and
the 20 working days to respond will commence upon receipt of your
clarification. If we do not hear from you within one month, we will assume
that you no longer require the information and this request will be
closed.

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Yours sincerely

Umar Dabhelia

Business Support Officer

Children’s Services

First Floor | Margaret McMillan Tower | Bradford | BD1 1NN

City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council

Department of Children’s Services

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From: Oliver Knowles <[3][FOI #972283 email]>

To: Freedom of Information <[4][email address]>

Date: 17/04/2023 09:15:17

Subject: Freedom of Information request - Looked After Children in
Unregulated Accommodation

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Dear Bradford City Council,

I'm interested in information about the councils looked after children
aged below 16 who have been housed in unregulated accommodation. Please
could you kindly answer these following questions.

1. On how many separate occasions over the past 12 months (March 2022 -
March 2023) have you needed to house any of your looked after children in
(short term emergency) unregulated accommodation?

2. Referring to Question 1, how many separate children or young people
(under the age of 16) did that relate to?

3. How many days in total were your children and young people (under the
age of 16) housed in unregulated accommodation over the past 12 months
(March 2022 - March 2023)?

4. What was your total spend on support agencies over the past 12 months
(March 2022 - March 2023)to cover the support costs of supporting your
children and young people (aged under 16) who were housed unregulated
accommodation?

Thank you so much,

Oliver Knowles

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Thank you for contacting the City of Bradford Metropolitan District
Council Corporate Information Governance Team.  We confirm that we have
received your correspondence.

If you have submitted a Freedom of Information or Environmental
Information Regulation request – we will respond to your request in
accordance with the appropriate legislation (20 working days). 

If we require further information from you before we process your request,
we will contact you directly to ask for this. 

City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council is registered with the
Information Commissioners Office (ICO) under the provisions of the Data
Protection Act 2018.  If you would like further information please click
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Dear Oliver

I refer to your request dated 17 October 2023 under the Freedom of
Information (FOI) Act asking to supply the following information:

I am writing to request an internal review of Bradford City Council's
handling of my FOI request 'Looked After Children in Unregulated
Accommodation'.

My request is now long overdue.

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on
the Internet at this address:
[1]https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/l...

The Council’s response is set out below:

Our records show that we emailed you for clarification on 18 April 2023
but we did not receive a reply and therefore your request was closed down.

Under Part 1, Section 1(a) of the FOI Act, I must inform you that this
authority does not hold the information requested and would advise that
you contact the Bradford Childrens and Families Trust Information
Governance Team using the details below:

Bradford Childrens and Families Trust, Information Governance Team, Sir
Henry Mitchell House, 4 Manchester Road, Bradford, BD5 0QL or via email to
[2][email address]

Kind regards

Siama Kausar

Information Governance Officer

Finance, IT & Procurement Service

Tel: 01274 434506

City Hall, Centenary Square, Bradford, BD1 1HY

City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council

Department of Corporate Resources

Bradford is the world’s first UNESCO City of Film

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Thank you for contacting the City of Bradford Metropolitan District
Council Corporate Information Governance Team.  We confirm that we have
received your correspondence.

If you have submitted a Freedom of Information or Environmental
Information Regulation request – we will respond to your request in
accordance with the appropriate legislation (20 working days). 

If we require further information from you before we process your request,
we will contact you directly to ask for this. 

City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council is registered with the
Information Commissioners Office (ICO) under the provisions of the Data
Protection Act 2018.  If you would like further information please click
on the following link: [1]Privacy notice | Bradford Council

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Dear Mr Knowles

As I’ve previously advised, under Part 1, Section 1(a) of the FOI Act, I
must inform you that this authority does not hold the information
requested and would advise that you contact the Bradford Childrens and
Families Trust Information Governance Team using the details below:

Bradford Childrens and Families Trust, Information Governance Team, Sir
Henry Mitchell House, 4 Manchester Road, Bradford, BD5 0QL or via email to
[1][email address]

Kind regards

Siama Kausar

Information Governance Officer

Finance, IT & Procurement Service

Tel: 01274 434506

City Hall, Centenary Square, Bradford, BD1 1HY

City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council

Department of Corporate Resources

Bradford is the world’s first UNESCO City of Film

This email, and any attachments, may contain Protected or Restricted
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should be handled accordingly. If this email has been misdirected, please
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must not disclose, distribute, copy, print or rely on any of the
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immediately. Whilst we take reasonable steps to try to identify any
software viruses, any attachments to this email may nevertheless contain
viruses which our anti-virus software has failed to identify. You should
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documents. Bradford Council will not accept any liability for damage
caused by computer viruses emanating from any attachment or other document
supplied with this email. Emails may be subject to recording and / or
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