Special guardianship financial support and assessment.

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Dear Buckinghamshire County 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

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Dear Ms Felton

 

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - INFORMATION REQUEST

 

Thank you for contacting Buckinghamshire County Council.

 

Your request for information has now been considered and the information
you have requested is as follows:

 

1) Does the council follow the DfE method

of assessing Special guardianship allowance. If not please provide

information as to the method used.

 

Yes

 

2) What is the maximum payment for a child.

 

a) Pre school age

b) Primary school age

c) Secondary school age

d) Over 16

 

Payments are not structured like this, please see the attached

 

3) Is the maximum payment based on recommended core foster care

rates. If not what is the maximum payment based on.

 

Yes

 

4) Does special guardianship rise each year in line with the

increase in core fostering rates.

 

New SGO payments are linked to fostering rates when approved

 

5) Is the financial assessment where children were previously LAC

different to the financial assessment for children who were not

LAC.

 

Yes

 

6) What deductions, if any, are made from Special guardianship

allowance, ie, Child benefit, Child tax credit.

 

Child benefit

 

7) If a carer is in receipt of Income support are any deductions

made from Special Guardianship allowance, ie, Child Benefit, Child

tax credit

 

No

 

8) Are Special guardianship allowances time limited. If so how long for.

 

Means tested after 2 years unless court directed, paid until 18

 

9) How many special guardians in the authority are currently being
financially supported

 

156

 

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

 

None

 

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

 

58

 

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Dear Freedom of Information Mailbox,

Thank you for your response, however the links you provided in the attached document do not work.

If, as stated in response to Q3, max payments are based on age related core fostering rates then providing details of those rates should be enough to answer the question. If this is not the case then please either attach the document mentioned in your initial response or provide a working link.

Yours sincerely,

Cassie Felton

Freedom of Information Mailbox, Buckinghamshire County Council

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Dear Buckinghamshire County Council,

Can you please advise when I can expect a reply to my follow up question made on 19th May.

The links you provided in your initial response do not work. Please either provide a working link to the current age related foster care rates of provide the rates themselves.

Yours faithfully,

Cassie Felton

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Dear Ms Felton

 

Thank you for contacting Buckinghamshire County Council.

 

I am sorry, but I am somewhat confused by your email - the document that
we previously provided included the rates on page 4, which I have
extracted below for convenience (I do not know what links you are
referring to):

 

“2.1 Weekly rates

 

+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|Child’s Age |Core |Core Plus |High need rate |
|------------------+--------------+----------------+---------------------|
|0 to 10 |£240.00 |£315.00 |£365.00 |
|------------------+--------------+----------------+---------------------|
|11 to 15 |£310.00 |£385.00 |£435.00 |
|------------------+--------------+----------------+---------------------|
|16+ |£360.00 |£435.00 |£485.00 |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+

 

All rates will be paid on a per child rate. Both the Core plus and High
need rates include a £75.00 Carer skills payment per week per child. The
remainder is an allowance towards the costs of fostering. This allowance
includes Pocket Money, Clothing, and Savings for each child”

 

I hope that this is of help.

 

 

Regards

 

Neil Doling

 

Freedom of Information Officer

 

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