Payments to Adoptive Parents

The request was successful.

Avril Williams

Dear Powys Council,

Please can you quantify your Council's expenditure during the 2010-2011 financial year on EACH of the following, -

First, Adopted Child Support Allowance

Second, Grants to Adoptive Parents to purchase furniture,
equipment, etc, prior to the adopted children's arrival.

Third, prospective Adoptive Parents expenses, e.g, mileage,
reimbursement of loss of earnings when attending Court, meals and hotel accommodation when visiting a prospective adoptive child in its Foster Home, etc.

Each Council will have its own rules in respect of allowable
expenses.

Yours faithfully,

A Williams

FOI Queries, Powys County Council

July 4, 2011

Person Dealing: Andrea Hughson

Direct Dial: 01597 827512

Dear Ms. Williams,

FREEDOM of INFORMATION ACT 2000

Reference No: F-2011-00400

Thank you for your request for information, received at this office on
July 4, 2011, in which you requested details of Powys County Council's
expenditure during the 2010-2011 financial year on Adoption Payments and
Allowances.

Your request will now be considered and you will receive a response within
the statutory timescale of 20 working days as defined by the Act, subject
to the information not being exempt or containing a reference to a third
party. In some circumstances Powys County Council may be unable to achieve
this deadline. If this is likely you will be informed and given a revised
time-scale at the earliest opportunity.

There may be a fee payable for the retrieval, collation and provision of
the information you request. If this is the case you will be informed and
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from you. If you choose not to make a payment then your request will
remain unanswered.

Some requests may also require either full or partial transference to
another public authority in order to answer your query in the fullest
possible way. Again, you will be informed if this is the case.

The due date for responding to this request for information is August 1,
2011.

Should you need to discuss this further please contact the officer dealing
with your request as identified at the beginning of this letter or
Information Management on 01597 827512 / 7513.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your interest in
Powys County Council.

Yours sincerely,

Andrea Hughson

Rheolwr Cofnodion a Chydymffurfiaeth

Records & Compliance Manager

_________________________________________

Powys County Council

Information Management

Unit 29, Ddole Road Enterprise Park

Llandrindod Wells

Powys

LD1 6DF

01597 827512

http://www.powys.gov.uk/index.php?id=46&...

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FOI Queries, Powys County Council

July 25, 2011

Person Dealing:   Andrea Hughson

Direct Dial:      01597 827512

Dear Ms. Williams,

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000

Reference No: F-2011-00400

Thank you for your request for information dated July 2, 2011 concerning
Powys County Council's expenditure during the 2010-2011 financial year on
Adoption Allowances.

This is to inform you that your request has been considered and I can
provide the following response:

1.  Adopted Child Support Allowance: £80,049.71

    

2. Grants to Adoptive Parents to purchase furniture, equipment, etc, prior
to the adopted children's arrival.

    

3.  Prospective Adoptive Parents expenses, e.g, mileage, reimbursement
of loss of earnings when attending Court, meals and hotel accommodation
when visiting a prospective adoptive child in its Foster Home, etc.

Powys County Council do not record these costs separately. I regret
therefore that we are unable to satisfy your request in the detail
requested. However, the overall figure that covers start up grants,
expenses and accommodation is £7,060 in relation to 10 children placed
during 2010-2011.

We believe that this request is now complete and shall be closed. Should
any further information be requested regarding this topic, a separate
request will need to be submitted.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your interest in
Powys County Council.

Yours sincerely,

Andrea Hughson

Rheolwr Cofnodion a Chydymffurfiaeth

Records & Compliance Manager

If you are dissatisfied with the service you have received in relation to
your request and wish to make a complaint, please contact Information
Management. Our complaints procedure is available on request or on our
website.

If you are still not satisfied following this, you can make an appeal to
the Information Commissioner, who is the statutory regulator. The
Information Commissioner can be contacted at:

Information Commissioner's Office

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire

SK9 5AF

Telephone 01625 545 700

www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk

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Powys County Council

Information Management

Unit 29, Ddole Road Enterprise Park

Llandrindod Wells

Powys

LD1 6DF

01597 827512

http://www.powys.gov.uk/index.php?id=46&...

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