1. How many children are looked-after by the local authority?
857.
2.How many of these children are looked-after as a result of or because they were at risk of abuse or neglect?
443.
3. How many of these children are looked-after due to the parent’s disability or illness?
23.
4. How many children that are looked-after by the local authority have a neurodevelopmental diagnosis? Neurodevelopmental diagnoses in this case refer to diagnoses of attention deficit/
hyperactivity disorder (ADHD, ADD), autism (autism spectrum disorder, Asperger’s) and chronic Tics or Tourette’s (Tourette syndrome, Tic disorder).
5. How many of these children are looked-after as a result of or because they were at risk of abuse or neglect?
6. How many of these children are looked-after due to the parent’s disability or illness?
7. How many children that are looked-after by the local authority have a diagnosis of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD, ADD)?
8. How many of these children are looked-after as a result of or because they were at risk of abuse or neglect?
9. How many of these children are looked-after due to the parent’s disability or illness?
For questions 4-9, compliance with this request would exceed the appropriate cost limit under Section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 which is £450 or 18 hours of officer time. These details are not recorded in a reportable format. As such we would need to manually review 134 records, and at an estimated 10 minutes per record this would equate to roughly 23.33 hours.
Under the Act, there is a duty to provide advice and assistance as to how a request can be refined to fit within the appropriate limit. Unfortunately, due to the way the data is held, this is not possible for this request.
10. How many children that are looked-after by the local authority have a diagnosis of autism (autism spectrum disorder, Asperger’s)?
81.
11. How many of these children are looked-after as a result of or because they were at risk of abuse or neglect?
25.
12. How many of these children are looked-after due to the parent’s disability or illness?
5.
13. How many children that are looked-after by the local authority have a diagnosis of chronic Tics or Tourette’s (Tourette syndrome, Tic disorder)?
14. How many of these children are looked-after as a result of or because they were at risk of abuse or neglect?
15. How many of these children are looked-after due to the parent’s disability or illness?
For questions 13-15, compliance with this request would exceed the appropriate cost limit under Section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 which is £450 or 18 hours of officer time. These details are not recorded in a reportable format. As such we would need to manually review 134 records, and at an estimated 10 minutes per record this would equate to roughly 23.33 hours.
Under the Act, there is a duty to provide advice and assistance as to how a request can be refined to fit within the appropriate limit. Unfortunately, due to the way the data is held, this is not possible for this request.
16. Has the designated health professional/clinical commissioning group ever reported to the corporate parenting board on the numbers and needs of looked-after children with a diagnosis of ADHD? Autism? Tic disorder/ Tourette syndrome?
No.
17. Has the virtual school head ever reported to the corporate parenting board on the numbers and needs of looked-after children with an ADHD diagnosis? ADHD? Autism? Tic disorder/ Tourette syndrome?
We do not hold this information, please contact the Integrated Care Board (ICB) at the following link Find your local integrated care board (ICB).