Dear G Swanson

Freedom of Information / Environmental Information Regulations Request:
LBH/7165518

I acknowledge your request for information received on 12 March 2018.

This information request will be dealt with in accordance with the Freedom
of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations and we
will send the response by 11 April 2018

Yours sincerely,

Feedback and Information Governance

Shared Service Centre | Central Team

Haringey Council 

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Sent on behalf of Sarah Alexander

Assistant Director, Children’s Social Care & Lead Practitioner

For the attention of G Swanson

Re: Freedom of Information Act Request ref: LBH/7165518

Thank you for your FOI request dated 12 March 2018, in which you asked for
information regarding Children in the care of Haringey.

My answers are beside your original questions below. 

Regards.

Sarah Alexander

Assistant Director, Children’s Social Care & Lead Practitioner

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Telephone : 020 8489 7061 – PA 3860

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Dear Haringey Borough Council,
Can you please provide the following
information. In all instances where
numbers are asked for please provide

them both as a whole number and as a
percentage of the overall total.
1. How many children of
compulsory school age do you
currently have under local
authority care?    356 356
Of these;
i) How many were school
educated by their parents
before going into care?    248 248
ii) How many were electively
home educated by their parents
before going into care? More
than one less than 5 (please
see exemption notice below) 3
2. Can you please provide a
statistical breakdown of the reasons
why children in your local authority

have been put under local authority
care?
Absent parenting 61
Abuse or Neglect 194
Cases other than
Children in Need 8
Child's
Disablilty/Illness 32
Family dysfunction 45
Family in acute
stress 28
Low income 8
Parental illness
or disability 34
Socially
unacceptable
behaviour 17
3. Please provide the number of children
under local authority care classed as
children missing education for the years

(Jan 01 - Dec 31 in all instances) 2015,
2016, 2017. Both for the years provided and
those still CME (with the years they have
been CME).
Greater
2015 than 0 and
less than 5
Greater
2016 than 0 and
less than 5
2017 None
4. Please provide a breakdown of how
the children who are CSA under local
authority care are currently

receiving their educational provision.
Please include CME statistics.
5 children, all under 16,
attending a standard school
setting
5. Please provide the number of
children aged 10 - 18 under local
authority care who have (same
years as Q3);
i) Gone missing
2015 43
2016 96
2017 121
ii) Had police
involvement
2015 130
2016 169
2017 179
iii) Been groomed by adults
after going into LAC.
2015 0
2016 0
2017 0
iv) Had a relationship that
resulted in pregnancy.
This
information
2015 is not
recorded
centrally &
can only be
2016 obtained
through a
manual
search
2017 (please see
Fees Notice
below)
v) Had a relationship that
resulted in parenthood.
2015 5
2016 10
2017 6
6. Of the children currently under LAC
please provide the number of children who
have been identified by professionals as
needing

supportive therapy; This could be SEN,
mentally, emotionally, physically etc.
73
Of these children;
i) How many have
successfully
received the
therapy
recommended?
ii) How many are
in receipt of the
therapy
recommended?
iii) How many are
waiting to receive
the therapy
recommended?
This information
is not recorded
centrally and can
only be obtained
through a manual
search (please see
Fees Notice below)
Finally, can you please provide
statistics/documentation and
evidence for the educational
outcomes for all children under

local authority care?
 

Please see 2016
Virtual School
Annual Report
attached.
 

Yours faithfully,
G Swanson

Please see Exemption below

Answer 1(ii)

We are not able to give you a precise number in response to this question
because of the very low

numbers of people involved and therefore the possibility that the
individuals involved could be identified.

If it were possible to identify the individuals involved (from the
information that we provide and other

information that may be available to people) it would be a breach of the
Data Protection Act to disclose

the information. Where it would breach the Data Protection Act to disclose
information, that information

is exempt from the Freedom of Information Act under Section 40(2).

Our general approach is not to provide a number when that number is 5 or
less in order to minimise the

risk of identification. I can therefore confirm that it was less than five
but cannot be more specific.

Answer 5(iv)

I can confirm that we hold the information that you have requested. 
However, from our initial consideration

of your request, we have estimated that it will cost more than the
‘appropriate limit’ to consider your request.

Section 12 of the Act allows public authorities to refuse requests for
information where the cost of dealing

with them would exceed the appropriate limit, which for local government
is set at £450. This represents

the estimated cost of one person spending 18 hours in determining whether
the department holds the

information, locating, retrieving and extracting the information.

In this instance we have estimated that it will cost £600 to provide you
with the required information.

This amount is therefore over the appropriate limit as specified in the
regulations and consequently we are

not obliged by the Freedom of Information Act to respond to your request. 
 We will not therefore be

processing your request further. 

The fee has been calculated as follows:

Task Estimated Hours
number of multiplied
Hours by £25
Determining 6 150
whether the
information
is held
Locating 6 150
the
information
Retrieving 6 150
the
information
Extracting 6 150
the
information
from other
documents
Total 24 600

It may be possible to amend your request so that it does not incur a
charge.  

Please note however that any amended request received would be considered
a new request and new

timescale would apply.

If you have any further queries, or are unhappy with how we have dealt
with your request and wish to make

a complaint, please contact the Feedback and Information Team as below.
(Please note you should do this

within two months of receiving this response.)

Feedback and Information GovernanceTeam

10th Floor, Alexandra House

10 Station Road

London

N22 7TR

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If you are not content with the outcome of your complaint you may apply
directly to the

Information Commissioner (ICO), although generally the ICO cannot make a
decision unless you

have exhausted the complaints procedure within Haringey Council.  The
contact details for the ICO are:

FOI/ EIR Complaints Resolution

Information Commissioner’s Office

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire

SK9 5AF

T 01625 545 745

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