'Looked After Children' Information & Statistics
Ryan Jarvis made this Freedom of Information request to Blackpool Borough Council as part of a batch sent to 5 authorities This request has been closed to new correspondence. Contact us if you think it should be reopened.
Dear Blackpool Borough Council,
I am writing to respectfully access my rights in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000. My request is as follows:-
1. Please can you provide (in any form) a disclosure of how many 'Looked After Children' your authority was responsible for during the years 2003 - 2008 and again for 2017 and 2018.
2. Please can you provide (in any form) a disclosure of the number of qualified social workers who were employed on or behalf of the authority to work with 'Looked After Children' for the above years. Please do not include unqualified support staff including Fieldwork Support Officers or other designations which do not fall into the category of 'qualified social worker'.
3. How many children's homes currently are run, owned or controlled by the local authority and how many children do these homes accommodate?
4. How many contracts or approved private providers does the local authority currently have working arrangements, contracts or otherwise with in which children who are deemed 'looked after' are sent to be cared for on or behalf of the local authority?
Yours faithfully,
Ryan Jarvis
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Dear Mr Jarvis
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 – INFORMATION REQUEST
Thank you for your request for information that we received on 27.08.2019. Your request is being dealt with under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
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Yours sincerely
Information Governance Team
Governance and Partnerships | Blackpool Council |Number One| Bickerstaffe Square |Talbot Road |Blackpool |FY1 3AH
Post to: Blackpool Council | PO Box 4 | Blackpool | FY1 1NA
T: 01253 477477
E: [Blackpool Council request email]
Dear Mr Jarvis
Please see attached.
Kind Regards
Information Governance Team
Governance and Partnerships | Blackpool Council |Number One| Bickerstaffe Square |Talbot Road |Blackpool |FY1 3AH
Post to: Blackpool Council | PO Box 4 | Blackpool | FY1 1NA
T: 01253 477477
E: [Blackpool Council request email]
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