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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

Tracey Robinson, Birmingham City Council

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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Yours sincerely

Tracey Robinson

Business Continuity and Information Governance Officer

 

 

Sent on behalf of:

Steve Cullen

Information Governance Manager

Governance and Policy

Children, Young People and Families Directorate

Birmingham City Council

 

Tel: 0121 464 4591

Email: [1][email address]

 

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Governance and Policy

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Business Continuity & Information Governance Officer

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Tracey Robinson, 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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