Special guardianship financial support and assessment.
Dear Wrexham County Borough Council,
A previous FOI failed to yield specific information. Could the council please give specific responses and not simply attach the councils policy.
Can you please provide me with the following information regarding
Special guardianship financial support and assessment.
1) Does the council follow the DfE model means test method
of assessing Special guardianship allowance. If not please provide
infomation as to the method used.
2) What is the maximum payment for a child.
a) Pre school age
b) Primary school age
c) Secondary school age
d) Over 16
3) Is the maximum payment based on recommended core foster care
rates. If not what is the maximum payment based on.
4) Does special guardianship rise each year in line with the
increase in core fostering rates.
5) Is the financial assessment where children were previously LAC
different to the financial assessment for children who were not
LAC.
6) What deducations, if any, are made from Special guardianship
allowance, ie, Child benefit, Child tax credit.
7) If a carer is in receipt of Income support are any deductions
made from Special Guardianship allowance, ie, Child Benefit, Child
tax credit
8) Are Special guardianship allowances time limited. If so how long for.
9) How many special guardians in the authority are currently being financialy supported
10) How many Child arrangment orders are currently being financially supported
11) How many friends and family, (connected persons) foster carers are in the authority.
Yours faithfully,
Cassie Felton
Dear Ms Felton
Request for information
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(FOIA) dated 27 February 2019 which was received by Wrexham County Borough
Council on 28 February 2019. Under the FOIA, we have 20 working days to
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Yours sincerely
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Dear Ms Felton
Freedom of Information Act 2000
Further to your request for information under the Freedom of Information
Act, please find attached the response from Wrexham County Borough
Council.
If you are unhappy with the way the Council has handled your request, you
may ask for an internal review. Please contact [1][Wrexham Council request email]
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Yours sincerely
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Dear foi,
Sorry for the dealy in replying,
2 questions have either not been answered or not answered fully
Q1, could you please provide details of the assessment method used to calculate SGO allowance as you have stated you do not use the recommended means test
Q10, how many Child arrangement orders (or residence orders) are financially supported by Wrexham council.
Yours sincerely,
Cassie Felton
Good afternoon Ms Felton
Thank you for your email dated 22nd March 2019. I have sent your query to
the department who dealt with your original request and will be in contact
with yourself once a response has been received.
Corporate Information Team / TÎm Gwybodaeth Corfforedig
Corporate and Customer Services Department / Adran Gwasanaethau
Corfforaethol a Chwsmeriaid
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Original Message-----
From: Cassie Felton [mailto:[FOI #557056 email]]
Sent: 22 March 2019 15:29
To: foi <[Wrexham Council request email]>
Subject: Re: FOI9281 - Final Response
Dear foi,
Sorry for the dealy in replying,
2 questions have either not been answered or not answered fully
Q1, could you please provide details of the assessment method used to
calculate SGO allowance as you have stated you do not use the recommended
means test
Q10, how many Child arrangement orders (or residence orders) are
financially supported by Wrexham council.
Yours sincerely,
Cassie Felton
Dear Ms Felton
Freedom of Information Act 2000
Further to your request for information under the Freedom of Information
Act, please find attached the response from Wrexham County Borough
Council.
Section 31(1)(a) - Section 31(1)(a) – Law Enforcement: Prevention &
Detection of Crime
Under section 31(1)(a) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (“the Act”),
information is exempt from disclosure where its disclosure would, or would
be likely to, prejudice the prevention or detection of crime. The
exemption is qualified by a public interest test. In this case, the
Council considers that disclosing the detail requested in question 1 (the
method used for assessing Special guardianship allowance) to the public
would be likely to prejudice the prevention of crime in particular. The
Council is of the view that there would be a real risk, by providing the
mechanical tool that it uses to calculate the payment, this could be
utilised to support potentially fraudulent applications. For this reason,
the Council considers that section 31(1)(a) applies in this case. The
Council has proceeded to consider the public interest in relation to
disclosure. In doing so, the Council took account of the significant
public interest in transparency and accountability. However, in
considering the factors which weighed against disclosure in this case, the
Council recognised that there was a significant public interest in
preventing crime. The Council therefore came to the conclusion that
disclosure of the method used was not in the public interest and indeed
that there was no factor which pointed to disclosure being appropriate in
this case.
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Yours sincerely
TÎm Gwybodaeth Corfforedig /Corporate Information Team
Llywodraethu a Chwsmeriaid / Governance & Customer
Cyngor Bwrdeistref Sirol Wrecsam /Wrexham County Borough Council
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Good afternoon Ms Felton
Please find attached the form attached in response to your enquiry.
Please accept my apologies for not providing it with your response 12^th
April.
Kind regards
TÎm Gwybodaeth Corfforedig / Corporate Information Team
Llywodraethu a Chwsmeriaid / Governance & Customer
Cyngor Bwrdeistref Sirol Wrecsam / Wrexham County Borough Council
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