Special guardianship financial support and assessment.

West Dorset District Council did not have the information requested.

Dear West Dorset District Council,

Can you please provide me with the following information regarding
Special guardianship financial support and assessment.

1) Does the council follow the DfE method
of assessing Special guardianship allowance. If not please provide
information 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 deductions, 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 financially supported

10) How many Child arrangement orders are currently being financially supported

11) How many friends and family, (connected persons) foster carers are in the authority.

Yours faithfully,

Cassie Felton

FOI West Dorset,

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Dear Ms Felton,
Thank you for your information access request: we aim to complete this within 20 working days from 29/03/2019. Please quote your reference number (61183) in further correspondence.
Yours sincerely,
The Customer Services Team.

Lisa Camp,

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Dear Ms Cassie Felton,

 

Regarding the following Information Access Request:

Can you please provide me with the following information regarding Special
guardianship financial support and assessment.

 

1) Does the council follow the DfE method of assessing Special
guardianship allowance. If not please provide information 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 deductions, 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

 

Thank you for your request for information under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000.

 

I am writing to advise you that, following a search of our paper and
electronic records, I have established that the information you requested
is not held by this Authority.  Dorset Social Care may hold the
information you are seeking. If you have not already done so, then you may
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reasons for your appeal. The ICO’s contact details are as follows:

 

The Information Commissioners Office,

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Wilmslow,

Cheshire,

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www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk

More information can be found at the ICO’s website at
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Yours sincerely

 

 

Lisa Camp

Corporate Complaints, Information Access & Customer Services Admin
Supervisor

Customer Services

 

01305 252260

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