The Number of Individual Referrals to Childrens Social Care Services

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Dear Dudley Council,

In accordance with The Freedom Of Information Act [2000] I am requesting the following Information:

For clarity, in all requests, if the response to a specific question is ‘one case’ or ‘two cases, please respond with ‘fewer than three cases’. If the response to a specific question is ‘zero cases’, please say so.

• How many individual referrals to Children’s Social Care Services were made in your Local Authority, involving suspected Fabricated and Induced Illness (FII) and/or Muchausens By Proxy Syndrome (MBPS) in 2014?

• In those referrals involving suspected FII or MBPS in 2014, how are they defined to be genuine cases of FII or MBPS?

• Please provide a breakdown of the overall number of these referrals involving suspected FII or MBPS in 2014, by the type of organisation that made the initial referral. For the NHS and Local Authority categories, please break down by clinic/department.

Type of Organisation ------- Clinic or Department
NHS
Local Authority
Schools (please do not identify individual schools).
Other (Please describe type of organisation in this case)

Number of referrals made on the grounds of FII or MBPS for each of those departments in 2014.

Please provide these statistics in a table format.

• In how many of these referrals involving suspected FII or MBPS in 2014 were, children removed from families and placed for adoption? How many were returned to families? Please specify a figure for each question.

• In each of these referrals were suspected FII or MBPS was not substantiated. How many of these cases were, closed completely with records amended to reflect no FII or MBPS? How many were subject to on-going monitoring? Please specify a figure for each question please.

I look forward to receiving a response to this request within 20 working days from receipt as per section 10 of The Freedom Of Information Act [2000].

Yours faithfully,

Mrs C Emery

Information Governance, Dudley Council

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Email:[Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council request email]
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Our ref: 17170 Direct Line: 01384 818451 Date: 08/05/2018

 
 
Mrs Celia Emery
MySociety Ltd
483 Green Lanes
London
N13 4BS
 
 
 
Dear Mrs Emery,
 
Freedom Of Information Act 2000 - Information Request 17170
 
Your Request
 
I am requesting the following Information:

For clarity, in all requests, if the response to a specific question is
‘one case’ or ‘two cases, please respond with ‘fewer than three cases’. If
the response to a specific question is ‘zero cases’, please say so.

• How many individual referrals to Children’s Social Care Services were
made in your Local Authority, involving suspected Fabricated and Induced
Illness (FII) and/or Muchausens By Proxy Syndrome (MBPS) in 2014?

• In those referrals involving suspected FII or MBPS in 2014, how are they
defined to be genuine cases of FII or MBPS?

• Please provide a breakdown of the overall number of these referrals
involving suspected FII or MBPS in 2014, by the type of organisation that
made the initial referral. For the NHS and Local Authority categories,
please break down by clinic/department.

Type of Organisation ------- Clinic or Department NHS Local Authority
Schools (please do not identify individual schools).
Other (Please describe type of organisation in this case)

Number of referrals made on the grounds of FII or MBPS for each of those
departments in 2014.

Please provide these statistics in a table format.

• In how many of these referrals involving suspected FII or MBPS in 2014
were, children removed from families and placed for adoption? How many
were returned to families? Please specify a figure for each question.

• In each of these referrals were suspected FII or MBPS was not
substantiated. How many of these cases were, closed completely with
records amended to reflect no FII or MBPS? How many were subject to
on-going monitoring? Please specify a figure for each question please.
 
I write to inform you that your request for information will not be
processed.
 
This is because the cost of locating and retrieving the information
exceeds the “appropriate limit” as stated in the Freedom of Information
(Fees and Appropriate Limit) Regulations 2004 which is currently set at
£450.  This limit represents the estimated cost of one person spending 18
hours in determining whether the Council holds the information, and
locating, retrieving and extracting the information.  Under section 12 of
the Freedom of Information Act the Council is not obliged to comply with
your request and we will not be processing your request further.
 
If you were to make a new request for a more narrow category of
information, it may be that we could comply with that request within the
appropriate limit, although I cannot guarantee that this will be the case.
 
Please contact me if you require further assistance in refining your
request.
 
In accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000 this letter acts as
a Refusal Notice.
 
If you are unhappy with the service you have received in relation to your
request and wish to make a comment or complaint, or request a review of
the decision, you should write to the Freedom of Information Officer at
Dudley MBC, The Council House, Dudley, West Midlands, DY1 1HF, telephone
0300 555 2345, e-mail [2][Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council request email]. 
 
Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future
communications.
 
If you are not content with the outcome of your complaint, you may apply
directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision.  Generally, the
ICO cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted the complaints
procedure provided by Dudley MBC.
 
The Information Commissioner may be contacted at:
 
Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow 
Cheshire 
SK9 5AF
Telephone:   01625 545 700
[3]www.ico.org.uk
 
 
Yours sincerely,
 
 
 
Vindro Mallhi
Information Governance Officer
 
 
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Tel: (01384) 815607  Fax: (01384) 815660
Email:[Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council request email]
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Our ref: 17171 Direct Line: 01384 818451 Date: 08/05/2018

 
 
 
Mrs Celia Emery
MySociety Ltd
483 Green Lanes
London
N13 4BS
 
 
 
Dear Mrs Emery,
 
Freedom Of Information Act 2000 - Information Request 17171
 
Your Request
 
For clarity, in all requests, if the response to a specific question is
‘one case’ or ‘two cases, please respond with ‘fewer than three cases’. If
the response to a specific question is ‘zero cases’, please say so.

• How many individual referrals to Children’s Social Care Services were
made in your Local Authority, involving suspected Fabricated and Induced
Illness (FII) and/or Muchausens By Proxy Syndrome (MBPS) in 2015?

• In those referrals involving suspected FII or MBPS in 2015, how are they
defined to be genuine cases of FII or MBPS?

• Please provide a breakdown of the overall number of these referrals
involving suspected FII or MBPS in 2015, by the type of organisation that
made the initial referral. For the NHS and Local Authority categories,
please break down by clinic/department.

Type of Organisation ------- Clinic or Department NHS Local Authority
Schools (please do not identify individual schools).
Other (Please describe type of organisation in this case)

Number of referrals made on the grounds of FII or MBPS for each of those
departments in 2015.

Please provide these statistics in a table format.

• In how many of these referrals involving suspected FII or MBPS in 2015
were, children removed from families and placed for adoption? How many
were returned to families? Please specify a figure for each question.

• In each of these referrals were suspected FII or MBPS was not
substantiated. How many of these cases were, closed completely with
records amended to reflect no FII or MBPS? How many were subject to
on-going monitoring? Please specify a figure for each question please.
 
I write to inform you that your request for information will not be
processed.
 
This is because the cost of locating and retrieving the information
exceeds the “appropriate limit” as stated in the Freedom of Information
(Fees and Appropriate Limit) Regulations 2004 which is currently set at
£450.  This limit represents the estimated cost of one person spending 18
hours in determining whether the Council holds the information, and
locating, retrieving and extracting the information.  Under section 12 of
the Freedom of Information Act the Council is not obliged to comply with
your request and we will not be processing your request further.
 
If you were to make a new request for a more narrow category of
information, it may be that we could comply with that request within the
appropriate limit, although I cannot guarantee that this will be the case.
Please contact me if you require further assistance in refining your
request.
 
In accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000 this letter acts as
a Refusal Notice.
 
If you are unhappy with the service you have received in relation to your
request and wish to make a comment or complaint, or request a review of
the decision, you should write to the Freedom of Information Officer at
Dudley MBC, The Council House, Dudley, West Midlands, DY1 1HF, telephone
0300 555 2345, e-mail [2][Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council request email]. 
 
Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future
communications.
 
If you are not content with the outcome of your complaint, you may apply
directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision.  Generally, the
ICO cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted the complaints
procedure provided by Dudley MBC.
 
The Information Commissioner may be contacted at:
 
Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow 
Cheshire 
SK9 5AF
Telephone:   01625 545 700
[3]www.ico.org.uk
 
 
Yours sincerely,
 
 
 
Vindro Mallhi
Information Governance Officer
 
 
This Email and any attachments contains confidential information and is
intended solely for the individual to whom it is addressed. If this Email
has been misdirected, please notify the author as soon as possible. If
this email has a protective marking of OFFICIAL – SENSITIVE, PROTECT or
RESTRICTED in its title or contents, the information within must be
subject to appropriate safeguards to protect against unauthorised or
unlawful processing and against accidental loss or destruction or damage.
OFFICIAL – SENSITIVE, PROTECT and RESTRICTED information should only be
further shared where there is a legitimate need. If you are not the
intended recipient you must not disclose, distribute, copy, print or rely
on any of the information contained, and all copies must be deleted
immediately. Whilst we take reasonable steps to try to identify any
software viruses, any attachments to this e-mail may nevertheless contain
viruses which our anti- virus software has failed to identify. You should
therefore carry out your own anti-virus checks before opening any
documents. Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council will not accept any
liability for damage caused by computer viruses emanating from any
attachment or other document supplied with this e-mail.

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Tel: (01384) 815607  Fax: (01384) 815660
Email:[Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council request email]
[1]www.dudley.gov.uk
 

Our ref: 17172 Direct Line: 01384 818451 Date: 08/05/2018

 
 
 
Mrs Celia Emery
MySociety Ltd
483 Green Lanes
London
N13 4BS
 
 
 
Dear Mrs Emery,
 
Freedom Of Information Act 2000 - Information Request 17172
 
Your Request
 
For clarity, in all requests, if the response to a specific question is
‘one case’ or ‘two cases, please respond with ‘fewer than three cases’. If
the response to a specific question is ‘zero cases’, please say so.

• How many individual referrals to Children’s Social Care Services were
made in your Local Authority, involving suspected Fabricated and Induced
Illness (FII) and/or Muchausens By Proxy Syndrome (MBPS) in 2016?

• In those referrals involving suspected FII or MBPS in 2016, how are they
defined to be genuine cases of FII or MBPS?

• Please provide a breakdown of the overall number of these referrals
involving suspected FII or MBPS in 2016, by the type of organisation that
made the initial referral. For the NHS and Local Authority categories,
please break down by clinic/department.

Type of Organisation ------- Clinic or Department NHS Local Authority
Schools (please do not identify individual schools).
Other (Please describe type of organisation in this case)

Number of referrals made on the grounds of FII or MBPS for each of those
departments in 2016.

Please provide these statistics in a table format.

• In how many of these referrals involving suspected FII or MBPS in 2016
were, children removed from families and placed for adoption? How many
were returned to families? Please specify a figure for each question.

• In each of these referrals were suspected FII or MBPS was not
substantiated. How many of these cases were, closed completely with
records amended to reflect no FII or MBPS? How many were subject to
on-going monitoring? Please specify a figure for each question please.
 
I write to inform you that your request for information will not be
processed.
 
This is because the cost of locating and retrieving the information
exceeds the “appropriate limit” as stated in the Freedom of Information
(Fees and Appropriate Limit) Regulations 2004 which is currently set at
£450.  This limit represents the estimated cost of one person spending 18
hours in determining whether the Council holds the information, and
locating, retrieving and extracting the information.  Under section 12 of
the Freedom of Information Act the Council is not obliged to comply with
your request and we will not be processing your request further.
 
If you were to make a new request for a more narrow category of
information, it may be that we could comply with that request within the
appropriate limit, although I cannot guarantee that this will be the case.
Please contact me if you require further assistance in refining your
request.
 
In accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000 this letter acts as
a Refusal Notice.
 
If you are unhappy with the service you have received in relation to your
request and wish to make a comment or complaint, or request a review of
the decision, you should write to the Freedom of Information Officer at
Dudley MBC, The Council House, Dudley, West Midlands, DY1 1HF, telephone
0300 555 2345, e-mail [2][Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council request email]. 
 
Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future
communications.
 
If you are not content with the outcome of your complaint, you may apply
directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision.  Generally, the
ICO cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted the complaints
procedure provided by Dudley MBC.
 
The Information Commissioner may be contacted at:
 
Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow 
Cheshire 
SK9 5AF
Telephone:   01625 545 700
[3]www.ico.org.uk
 
 
Yours sincerely,
 
 
Vindro Mallhi
Information Governance officer
 
 
 
 
 
This Email and any attachments contains confidential information and is
intended solely for the individual to whom it is addressed. If this Email
has been misdirected, please notify the author as soon as possible. If
this email has a protective marking of OFFICIAL – SENSITIVE, PROTECT or
RESTRICTED in its title or contents, the information within must be
subject to appropriate safeguards to protect against unauthorised or
unlawful processing and against accidental loss or destruction or damage.
OFFICIAL – SENSITIVE, PROTECT and RESTRICTED information should only be
further shared where there is a legitimate need. If you are not the
intended recipient you must not disclose, distribute, copy, print or rely
on any of the information contained, and all copies must be deleted
immediately. Whilst we take reasonable steps to try to identify any
software viruses, any attachments to this e-mail may nevertheless contain
viruses which our anti- virus software has failed to identify. You should
therefore carry out your own anti-virus checks before opening any
documents. Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council will not accept any
liability for damage caused by computer viruses emanating from any
attachment or other document supplied with this e-mail.

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Corporate Information Governance Team
3/5 St James’s Road, Dudley West Midlands. DY1 1HP
Tel: (01384) 815607  Fax: (01384) 815660
Email:[Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council request email]
[1]www.dudley.gov.uk
 

Our ref: 17173 Direct Line: 01384 818451 Date: 08/05/2018

 
 
Mrs Celia Emery
MySociety Ltd
483 Green Lanes
London
N13 4BS
 
 
 
Dear Mrs Emery,
 
Freedom Of Information Act 2000 - Information Request 17173
 
Your Request
 
For clarity, in all requests, if the response to a specific question is
‘one case’ or ‘two cases, please respond with ‘fewer than three cases’. If
the response to a specific question is ‘zero cases’, please say so.

• How many individual referrals to Children’s Social Care Services were
made in your Local Authority, involving suspected Fabricated and Induced
Illness (FII) and/or Muchausens By Proxy Syndrome (MBPS) in 2017?

• In those referrals involving suspected FII or MBPS in 2017, how are they
defined to be genuine cases of FII or MBPS?

• Please provide a breakdown of the overall number of these referrals
involving suspected FII or MBPS in 2017, by the type of organisation that
made the initial referral. For the NHS and Local Authority categories,
please break down by clinic/department.

Type of Organisation ------- Clinic or Department NHS Local Authority
Schools (please do not identify individual schools).
Other (Please describe type of organisation in this case)

Number of referrals made on the grounds of FII or MBPS for each of those
departments in 2017.

Please provide these statistics in a table format.

• In how many of these referrals involving suspected FII or MBPS in 2017
were, children removed from families and placed for adoption? How many
were returned to families? Please specify a figure for each question.

• In each of these referrals were suspected FII or MBPS was not
substantiated. How many of these cases were, closed completely with
records amended to reflect no FII or MBPS? How many were subject to
on-going monitoring? Please specify a figure for each question please.
 
I write to inform you that your request for information will not be
processed.
 
This is because the cost of locating and retrieving the information
exceeds the “appropriate limit” as stated in the Freedom of Information
(Fees and Appropriate Limit) Regulations 2004 which is currently set at
£450.  This limit represents the estimated cost of one person spending 18
hours in determining whether the Council holds the information, and
locating, retrieving and extracting the information.  Under section 12 of
the Freedom of Information Act the Council is not obliged to comply with
your request and we will not be processing your request further.
 
If you were to make a new request for a more narrow category of
information, it may be that we could comply with that request within the
appropriate limit, although I cannot guarantee that this will be the case.
 
Please contact me if you require further assistance in refining your
request.
 
In accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000 this letter acts as
a Refusal Notice.
 
If you are unhappy with the service you have received in relation to your
request and wish to make a comment or complaint, or request a review of
the decision, you should write to the Freedom of Information Officer at
Dudley MBC, The Council House, Dudley, West Midlands, DY1 1HF, telephone
0300 555 2345, e-mail [2][Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council request email]. 
 
Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future
communications.
 
If you are not content with the outcome of your complaint, you may apply
directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision.  Generally, the
ICO cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted the complaints
procedure provided by Dudley MBC.
 
The Information Commissioner may be contacted at:
 
Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow 
Cheshire 
SK9 5AF
Telephone:   01625 545 700
[3]www.ico.org.uk
 
 
Yours sincerely,
 
 
 
Vindro Mallhi
Information Governance Officer
 
 
 
This Email and any attachments contains confidential information and is
intended solely for the individual to whom it is addressed. If this Email
has been misdirected, please notify the author as soon as possible. If
this email has a protective marking of OFFICIAL – SENSITIVE, PROTECT or
RESTRICTED in its title or contents, the information within must be
subject to appropriate safeguards to protect against unauthorised or
unlawful processing and against accidental loss or destruction or damage.
OFFICIAL – SENSITIVE, PROTECT and RESTRICTED information should only be
further shared where there is a legitimate need. If you are not the
intended recipient you must not disclose, distribute, copy, print or rely
on any of the information contained, and all copies must be deleted
immediately. Whilst we take reasonable steps to try to identify any
software viruses, any attachments to this e-mail may nevertheless contain
viruses which our anti- virus software has failed to identify. You should
therefore carry out your own anti-virus checks before opening any
documents. Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council will not accept any
liability for damage caused by computer viruses emanating from any
attachment or other document supplied with this e-mail.

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