Looked after children 2017

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Christina Savage

Dear Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council,

Would you kindly be able to tell me:

1. How many children became 'looked after' in your local authority in 2017?

2. Of the children in Q1, how many were in a group of siblings of two or more (I would like the number of children, not the number of groups)?

3. How many of the children that became 'looked after' in your local authority in 2017 were initially placed in Kinship Care/Connected Persons care?

4. How many looked after children in your local authority are currently placed following care proceedings:
a) with long term LA foster carers
b) in kinship care foster placements

5.a. How many applications to be a kinship carer did you receive in 2017 in respect of children subject to Care Proceedings?
5.b. How many of those (5.a.) applications were successful?

6. How many children in your local authority were made the subject of Special Guardianship Order following Care Proceedings in 2017?

7. How many of your local authority's current foster carers are prepared and approved to be long term foster carers of sibling groups of:
a) 2
b) 3 or more

Yours faithfully,

Christina Savage

InformationRights, Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council

Dear Miss Savage,

 

Thank you for your request for information about Looked after children
2017, which was received on 02 March 2018.

 

In accordance with provisions within Freedom of Information Act 2000, the
council will respond to your request within 20 working days, saying
whether we have the information that you want, and if there will be any
charges. 

 

If, for any reason, we cannot provide you with the information, we will
tell you why. If we need to clarify your request, we will contact you
again.

 

In the meantime, if you need to contact me about your request, please do
so quoting the above reference number.

 

Yours sincerely

 

 

Julie Noble

 

Christina Savage

I would like to re-submit my request, covering a slightly different period of time namely the financial year and not the calendar year:

1. How many children became 'looked after' in your local authority in the financial year of 1 April 2016 to 31 March 2017?

2. Of the children in Q1, how many were in a group of siblings of two or more (I would like the number of children, not the number of groups)?

3. How many of the children that became 'looked after' in your local authority in the financial year of 1 April 2016 to 31 March 2017 were initially placed in Kinship Care/Connected Persons care?

4. How many looked after children in your local authority are currently placed following care proceedings:
a) with long term LA foster carers
b) in kinship care foster placements

5.a. How many applications to be a kinship carer did you receive in the financial year of 1 April 2016 to 31 March 2017 in respect of children subject to Care Proceedings?
5.b. How many of those (5.a.) applications were successful (positive viability assessment)?

6. How many children in your local authority were made the subject of Special Guardianship Order following Care Proceedings in the financial year of 1 April 2016 to 31 March 2017?

7. How many of your local authority's current foster carers are prepared and approved to be long term foster carers of sibling groups of:
a) 2
b) 3 or more

InformationRights, Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council

Dear Miss Savage,

Thank you for your request to amend the time frame of your information request from Looked after children 2017 to Looked after children in the financial year of 1 April 2016 to 31 March 2017, which was received on 05 March 2018.

In accordance with provisions within Freedom of Information Act 2000, the council will respond to your request within 20 working days, saying whether we have the information that you want, and if there will be any charges.

If, for any reason, we cannot provide you with the information, we will tell you why. If we need to clarify your request, we will contact you again.

In the meantime, if you need to contact me about your request, please do so quoting the above reference number.

Yours sincerely

Julie Noble

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Christina Savage

Dear Julie

Have you managed to collate this information yet?

Yours sincerely,

Christina Savage

Yvonne Tarring, Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council

Dear Miss Savage,

Freedom of Information Request

Further to your request for information about Looked after children 1 Apr 2016 to 31 Mar 2017 I can tell you the following:

1. How many children became 'looked after' in your local authority in the financial year of 1 April 2016 to 31 March 2017? - 186

2. Of the children in Q1, how many were in a group of siblings of two or more (I would like the number of children, not the number of groups)? 61

3. How many of the children that became 'looked after' in your local authority in the financial year of 1 April 2016 to 31 March 2017 were initially placed in Kinship Care/Connected Persons care?- 21

4. How many looked after children in your local authority are currently placed following care proceedings:
a) with long term LA foster carers - 172
b) in kinship care foster placements - 124

5.a. How many applications to be a kinship carer did you receive in the financial year of 1 April 2016 to 31 March 2017 in respect of children subject to Care Proceedings? N/K
5.b. How many of those (5.a.) applications were successful (positive viability assessment)? 32

6. How many children in your local authority were made the subject of Special Guardianship Order following Care Proceedings in the financial year of 1 April 2016 to 31 March 2017? 25

7. How many of your local authority's current foster carers are prepared and approved to be long term foster carers of sibling groups of:
a) 2 29
b) 3 or more 5

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Yours sincerely

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