Query for fostering service
Dear Birmingham City Council,
Please could you advise about the following:
1. Who are your Tier 1/preferred independent fostering providers and what are their corresponding Ofsted ratings and their standard weekly fee per child per week?
2. What is the pay/allowance range for your foster carers?
3. Have you placed any Muslim children in the past 12 months?
4. Have you placed any Muslim children with non-Muslim carers in the past 12 months?
5. Do you employ any Muslim social workers?
6. Do you have any Muslim foster carers?
Yours faithfully,
Tay Jiva
Dear Tay
Thank you for your request for information held by the Council under the
provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 which was received on
15.9.15.
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Tracey Robinson
Business Continuity and Information Governance Officer
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Steve Cullen
Information Governance Manager
Governance and Policy
Children, Young People and Families Directorate
Birmingham City Council
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Dear Tay
I am writing in respect of your recent enquiry for information held by the
Authority under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000:
Please could you advise about the following:
1. Who are your Tier 1/preferred independent fostering
providers and what are their corresponding Ofsted ratings and their
standard weekly fee per child per week?
2. What is the pay/allowance range for your foster carers?
3. Have you placed any Muslim children in the past 12 months?
4. Have you placed any Muslim children with non-Muslim carers
in the past 12 months?
5. Do you employ any Muslim social workers?
6. Do you have any Muslim foster carers?
Please see response below:
1. Who are your Tier 1/preferred independent fostering
providers and what are their corresponding Ofsted ratings and their
standard weekly fee per child per week? Please find enclosed the
Commissioning Team’s response to Question 1 which is about independent
fostering agencies.
We have not disclosed the individual Independent Fostering Agencies
standard weekly fee costs as this is commercially sensitive.
2. What is the pay/allowance range for your foster carers?
The maintenance Allowance for foster carers is as follows;
Under 5 years = £125.09 a week
Age 5-10 years = 142.45 a week
Age 11- 15 = £177.38 a week
Age 16-18 = £215.32 a week
3. Have you placed any Muslim children in the past 12 months?
yes
4. Have you placed any Muslim children with non-Muslim carers
in the past 12 months? yes
5. Do you employ any Muslim social workers? yes
6. Do you have any Muslim foster carers? yes
If you have any information which may assist us in determining or locating
any missed information, we would be grateful if you would contact us with
details of this information, so that we can conduct a further search.
If you are not satisfied with the response you may ask for an internal
review. If subsequently you are not satisfied with the Council's decision
you may apply to the Information Commissioner for a decision. Generally,
the ICO cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted the complaints
procedure provided by the Council. The Information Commissioner can be
contacted at the following address:
The Information Commissioner
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Telephone: 01625 545745 Web Address: [1]www.ico.gov.uk
Yours sincerely,
Tracey Robinson
Business Continuity and Information Governance Officer
Sent on behalf of:
Steve Cullen
Information Governance Manager
Governance and Policy Team
Directorate for People
Birmingham City Council
Tel: 0121 464 4591
Email: [2][email address]
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