Return Home Interviews (RHIs)
Dear Cumbria County 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?
Dear Ms Damon
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000
ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION REGULATIONS 2004
REFERENCE: IG 01429
Thank you for your request for information regarding Return Home
Interviews, which was received on 4 March .
The council aims to provide you with the information within the statutory
timescale of 20 working days in this case the date is 1 April. Subject to
the information not being exempt or containing any references to third
parties.
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Dear Ms Damon
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 / ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION REGULATIONS
2004
REFERENCE: IG 01429
Please see attached for a response to your request for information.
Yours sincerely
Anita
Anita Timperon
Information Governance Team
Corporate, Customer and Community Services • Cumbria County Council
Cumbria House • 117 Botchergate • Carlisle • CA1 1RD
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