Trafficking of children and their subsequent care

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Dear Purbeck District Council,

Please find below an FOI request relating to the trafficking of children and their subsequent care.

Unseen piloted safe accommodation for potentially trafficked foreign migrant children. The service was developed with local authority, police and governmental partners and was Ofsted registered. Through running this service we became aware of some systemic barriers that fundamentally prevent children from accessing the care and protection they need.

We would like to know, for each local authority in the UK:

1. How many potentially trafficked children you have identified in the last 12 months?
2. How many of these children have been non-UK Nationals?
3. Of the children identified what type of care placements have been sought? (foster care, secure, supported accommodation, children’s home, living independently)
4. How many children in this cohort have subsequently a) remained in their original placement b) moved to a different placement c) gone missing short-term (72 hours or less) or d) gone missing long-term (over 72 hours)?

This information is being requested from each Local Authority area in the UK.
Yours faithfully,
Unseen (UK)

FOI, Purbeck District Council

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Jane Hay, Purbeck District Council

Dear Ms Garbers

 

Information Request 4916

 

Thank you for your information request dated and received on 5 February
2019 which has been dealt with under the Freedom of Information Act 2000
(FOIA).

 

The information you requested is not held by Purbeck District Council
because we do not provide Children’s Services. 

 

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Data Protection Act (DPA) and we will use this personal information to be
able to process and respond to such information requests.   The full
privacy notice explaining who the Council may share that personal
information with; and how long the information may be kept can be found
here [3]https://www.dorsetforyou.gov.uk/dataprot....

 

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particularly where the processing of your information is necessary for the
Council to carry out its duties and powers.  For more information about
your rights, please see [4]https://www.dorsetforyou.gov.uk/dataprot....

 

Yours sincerely

 

Jane Hay

Performance & Information Officer

Chief Executive’s Department

 

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