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Dear Vale of Glamorgan Council,

I am writing with a freedom of information request for data relating to the content and outcome of Return Home Interviews (RHIs) provided for runaway or missing children by your authority.

When you respond with confirmation that you have received my request, could you please advise whether any clarification is needed in order to complete my request? Please ensure any questions arrive to me prior to the 20 day deadline.

Yours faithfully,

Poppy Damon

Please can you send over answers to the following:
+ How many recorded instances of missing then returned children did you have in your authority per year between Jan 1st 2014-Jan 1st 2019? If you can provide a per month break down please do.
+How many of these instances were children who had runaway more than once? If possible can you send a break down which shows a numbered list to indicate individual children and a second column with how many times they ran away? This would of course not include their name or any details.
+ A summary of the recorded outcomes or actions taken for all completed Return Home Interviews (for example a safeguarding referral, report to the police or to another service). I would like a breakdown of these for Jan 2014-Jan 2019. Ideally this would be laid out by outcome, beside a number of times this was taken. This would sit along side a number of how many RHIs were carried out in total per year. Excel or PDF formats are fine.
+ How many of these return interviews contained content about child exploitation?
+How many times were the police notified of potential child exploitation, following a RHI?
+ Can you send me the hiring requirements for staff employed in-house to carry out RHIs? If you outsource this service please respond with who does this for you.
+If you do not outsource and complete RHIs yourself - could you please provide the aide memoire/guidelines/checklist that you use when completing Return Home Interviews?

FOI Unit, Vale of Glamorgan Council

Dear Poppy

Thank you for your recent request for information which is currently being processed.

Your reference is RFI 19 7252.

I hope to respond to you within the statutory time scale of 20 working days.

Kind regards

Information Governance Officer
Managing Director and Resources
Vale of Glamorgan Council / Cyngor Bro Morgannwg
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Dear FOI Unit,

I have not received a response to my FOI request which is now passed the legal time frame. Could someone chase this up urgently please?

Yours sincerely,

Poppy Damon

FOI Unit, Vale of Glamorgan Council

Dear Poppy

Thank you for your email. I apologise for the delay in providing a response to your request.

I have contacted the relevant department and requested that a response is sent to you as soon as possible.

Kind regards

Information Governance Officer
Managing Director and Resources
Vale of Glamorgan Council / Cyngor Bro Morgannwg
tel / ffôn: 01446 700111
mob / sym:
e-mail / e-bost: [email address] or [email address]
 
 
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FOI Unit, Vale of Glamorgan Council

Dear Poppy

 

RFI 19 7252

 

Thank you for your Freedom of Information request that we received on the
4^th of March 2019. Please accept my apologies for the delay in our
response.

 

Your request has been forwarded to the relevant officer who has now
provided a response as follows:

 

The information you have requested is not readily available as it not
currently recorded within WCCIS (Welsh Community Care Information
System).  A manual trawl would have to be undertaken of all children’s
records and case notes.

 

Section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act makes provision for 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 £450.00. This represents the estimated cost of one person
spending 18 hours in determining whether the Council holds the
information, locating, retrieving and extracting the information.

 

In accordance with Section 17 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 this
letter acts as a Refusal Notice to provide the information requested.

 

For your information, the Police are quite often responsible for
conducting RHI’s.

 

I hope this information is of assistance but if you are dissatisfied with
this response and would like to have this reviewed, please contact the
Council’s Monitoring Officer (Legal Services) at the Civic Offices, Holton
Road, Barry, CF63 4RU.

 

Further information regarding FOI and the appeals process is available at
[1]www.ico.org.uk.

 

Kind regards

 

 

Information Governance Officer

Managing Director and Resources

Vale of Glamorgan Council / Cyngor Bro Morgannwg

tel / ffôn: 01446 700111

mob / sym:

e-mail / e-bost: [2][email address] or
[3][email address]

 

 

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need to.

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angen.

 

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Ewch i'n gwefan yn [5]www.bromorgannwg.gov.uk

 

[6]Find us on Facebook / Cewch ddod o hyd i ni ar Facebook

[7]Follow us on Twitter / Dilynwch ni ar Twitter

 

Correspondence is welcomed in Welsh or English / Croesewir Gohebiaeth yn y
Gymraeg neu yn Saesneg.

 

From: Poppy Damon <[FOI #558248 email]>
Sent: 04 March 2019 18:18
To: FOI Unit <[Vale of Glamorgan Council request email]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Return Home Interviews (RHIs)

 

Dear Vale of Glamorgan Council,

I am writing with a freedom of information request for data relating to
the content and outcome of Return Home Interviews (RHIs) provided for
runaway or missing children by your authority. 

When you respond with confirmation that you have received my request,
could you please advise whether any clarification is needed in order to
complete my request? Please ensure any questions arrive to me prior to the
20 day deadline. 

Yours faithfully,

Poppy Damon

Please can you send over answers to the following:
+ How many recorded instances of missing then returned children did you
have in your authority per year between Jan 1st 2014-Jan 1st 2019? If you
can provide a per month break down please do.
+How many of these instances were children who had runaway more than once?
If possible can you send a break down which shows a numbered list to
indicate individual children and a second column with how many times they
ran away? This would of course not include their name or any details.
+ A summary of the recorded outcomes or actions taken for all completed
Return Home Interviews (for example a safeguarding referral, report to the
police or to another service). I would like a breakdown of these for Jan
2014-Jan 2019.  Ideally this would be laid out by outcome, beside a number
of times this was taken. This would sit along side a number of how many
RHIs were carried out in total per year. Excel or PDF formats are fine.
+ How many of these return interviews contained content about child
exploitation?
+How many times were the police notified of potential child exploitation,
following a RHI? 
+ Can you send me the hiring requirements for staff employed in-house to
carry out RHIs? If you outsource this service please respond with who does
this for you.
+If you do not outsource and complete RHIs yourself - could you please
provide the aide memoire/guidelines/checklist that you use when completing
Return Home Interviews?

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