Foster care allowances
Dear Lancashire County Council,
Please could you tell me your 2019-20 weekly foster care allowances for all age bands, NOT including any fee/reward element for foster carers?
Please could you tell me your 2019-20 weekly allowances to former foster carers looking after young people in 18+ Staying Put arrangements, broken down by year 1, year 2, and year 3+ if necessary?
Yours faithfully,
Daisy Elliott
Dear Ms Elliott,
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Dear Ms Elliott
Request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000
Further to your request for information, made under the provisions of the
above Act, please see below our response.
Request:
· Please could you tell me your 2019-20 weekly foster care
allowances for all age bands, NOT including any fee/reward element for
foster carers?
· Please could you tell me your 2019-20 weekly allowances to
former foster carers looking after young people in 18+ Staying Put
arrangements, broken down by year 1, year 2, and year 3+ if necessary?
Response:
· Please follow the link below to the Cabinet report which
approved the fostering allowances for 2019/20.
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[1]http://council.lancashire.gov.uk/ieListD...
· The Cabinet meeting agenda item 12 will provide the answer to
both of your above questions
If you have any queries regarding any of the above, or you require any
additional information, please do not hesitate to contact the team quoting
reference number 964.1240 (AG3).
We trust that our response is to your satisfaction, and your request will
now be closed as of this date.
Yours sincerely
Information Access Officer
Information Governance Team
Lancashire County Council
T: 0300 123 6701
W: [2]www.lancashire.gov.uk
Dear Lancashire Council,
Thank you for your response. I am having trouble finding the relevant information for Staying Put arrangements. Please could you tell me your 2019-20 weekly allowances to former foster carers looking after young people in 18+ Staying Put arrangements, broken down by year 1, year 2, and year 3+ if necessary?
Many thanks,
Daisy Elliott
Good Afternoon Ms Elliott
We have forwarded this information request onto our team to see if this information is currently held for you. As soon as we have a response we will be back in touch with you to advise further.
Best Regards
Information Access Officer
Information Governance Team
Lancashire County Council
T: 0300 123 6701
W: [2]www.lancashire.gov.uk
Good Afternoon Ms Elliott
In regards to your enquiry below please find further support on where this
information can be sourced within the Cabinet Report from the link
previously supplied. We have outlined where information can be located
within that report, specifically for the questions raised and added direct
links to those locations to assist you.
· Cabinet Report (Staying Put) – Agenda Item 11 -
[1]http://council.lancashire.gov.uk/ieListD...
Allowances are outlined in main cabinet report at the bottom of page 2/top
of page 3 and in appendix A on page 26 and 27. It is worth noting that at
the time of writing the +16 foster fee it was £191, this has now increased
to £194 per week. This increase was approved in the fostering allowances
report (see previous link provided).
· Cabinet Report (Fostering Allowances) - Agenda Item 12 -
[2]http://council.lancashire.gov.uk/ieListD...
We trust that our response is to your satisfaction, and your request will
now be closed as of this date.
Regards
Information Governance Team
Lancashire County Council
Web: [3]www.lancashire.gov.uk
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