Referrals of those who Abuse / Neglect Children

LS Palmer made this Freedom of Information request to Liverpool City Council This request has been closed to new correspondence. Contact us if you think it should be reopened.

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Dear Liverpool City Council,

1. In relation to the years from 2003 to 2010 Please could you provide your accounts in respect of

A. children's Services
B. Legal Services.

2. Since 2003, Regarding abuse/neglect of children by staff(employed and agency) of children's services, please could you provide a year by year breakdown of how many applications/referrals you have made to:

a. GSCC
b. The Criminal Court/Crown Prosecution
c. Independent Safeguarding Authority (or Equivalent).

3. Since 2003, Regarding abuse and neglect of children by clients of children and Family services, please could you provide a year by year breakdown of how many applications/referrals you have made to.

a. The Family Court
b. The Criminal Court/Crown Prosecution
c. The Independent Safeguarding Authority (or Equivalent

Yours faithfully,

LS Palmer

Information Requests, Liverpool City Council

Dear Mr. Palmer,

Acknowledgement of your request for information

Thank you for your recent correspondence requesting information from the
City Council. Your request was received in our offices on 24^th January
2010 and, is being processed in accordance with the Freedom of Information
Act 2000.

A response will be sent to you as soon as possible and in any case within
the statutory deadline which is 20 working days from the working day after
your request was received.

For your information, the Act defines a number of exemptions which may
prevent the release of information you have requested. There will be an
assessment and, if any of the exemption categories apply, the information
will not be provided to you. You will be informed if this is the case.

Please quote the above reference number in all future communications.

Regards

Jawahier Sharif Ali (Fatima)

Information Officer

Legal Service

Liverpool City Council

Municipal Buildings

Dale Street,

Liverpool

L2 2DH

Tel: 0151 225 3132

Email: [1][email address]

Website: [2]www.liverpool.gov.uk

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Ali, Jawahier Sharif, Liverpool City Council

Dear Mr. Palmer,

Thank you for your request dated 24/01/2011. In order to be of assistant
and process your request to the right service area, I will need additional
information regarding question 1. The questions were as follows:

1. In relation to the years from 2003 to 2010 please could you provide
your accounts in respect of:

A. children's Services

B. Legal Services.

This question is too broad in its current format. Could you be more
specific about what account information you are looking for? In what
context?

If I didn't hear from you by Monday 31/01/2011 I will assume you no longer
require this information and close the case accordingly.

Regards,

Jawahier Sharif Ali (Fatima)

Information Officer

Legal Service

Liverpool City Council

Municipal Buildings

Dale Street,

Liverpool

L2 2DH

Tel: 0151 225 3132

Email: [1][email address]

Website: [2]www.liverpool.gov.uk

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Dear Ali, Jawahier Sharif,

I am looking to make a comparison on how much is spent on
1. keeping children within their families - helping families in need. counselling/childcare/respite etc.
2. Removing children from families - care proceedings/assessments/fostering/supervised contact/legal costs. etc.

I think information since 1 April 2009 would be sufficient however it may help to provide information for other years if you have it to hand.

I have asked for all your accounts so that I can extract the information that I need to save you time. I do not know how you fulfil your duty under s17 of the Children Act so I do not know what costs would be included in 1 above.

I also do not know whether you have an in house team of lawyers or you pay solicitors etc.

Yours sincerely,

LS Palmer

Symm, Kevin, Liverpool City Council

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Regards,

Kevin Symm

Senior Information Officer

Legal Services

Liverpool City Council

Municipal Buildings

Dale Street

Liverpool

L2 2DH

TEL: 0151 225 3007

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