Including unaccompanied asylum seeking children and Private Fostering :
LYF = last financial year 2016 – 2017
TFY – this financial year 2017 – 2018
Kinship – refers to all family and friends or connected carers
1. Exemptions and temporary charges- last financial year
a. Total exemptions made during year
b. Total exemptions in place at the end of year
c. Total temporary changes of approval
d. Of these, how many under six days
e. How many over six days
f. Number of changes of approval agreed outside of panel
This information would be held on individual case files and given the numbers to be examined and the time taken for each one the total time required would exceed the 18 hours specified under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 Section 12 – Cost of Compliance. Therefore this information is exempt.
2. In house foster carers
a. Total number of carer households – today
As of 30/09/2017 there were 271. This total included 41 under Devon Young Peoples Accommodation Service (DYPAS) and 19 friends and family.
i Kinship
Please see the answer to Q2 a
ii. Mainstream
Please see the answer to Q2 a
b. Number of carers “on hold” today
29 ( as of September 2017)
c. Reasons for the above :
i being assessed as adopters
ii due to illness
iii due to new birth child
iv due to renovations
v allegations
With respect of each i – v – we hold the information but as disclosure may identify individuals it is exempt under the Freedom of Information Act Section 40.
vi other
12
3. Annual reviews
a Total number of annual reviews completed – last financial year
162
b Total number of annual reviews out of timescales – as of today
100 (04/09)
4.Permanence
Adoption Plans
- Financial year 2016 – 2017 = 74
- Current = 15
Children with placement orders
Financial year 2016 – 2017 = 18
With links= 9
Without links = 13
Children matched with adopters in house
Financial year 2016 – 2017 = 33
Children matched with adopters inter agency
Financial year 2016 – 2017 = 37
5. Post Support
a)Number of referrals taken for support
Last financial year – April 2016 – March 2017
164
This financial year- April 2017 – to present –
93
b)Number of applications made to Adoption Support Fund
Last financial year – April 2016 – March 2017
148 (applications from adoption).
Sept 2016 – March 2017 – 12 applications for Special Guardianship Orders (SGO) support.
This financial year – April 2017 – Present
227 Adoption
37 SGO applications.
c)Number of schedule 11 referrals – last financial year –
94
d)Number of BRIC referrals – last financial year –
We do not hold this information.
e)Number of current letterbox agreements
| Contact | 1975 |
| Children | 454 |
| Adopters | 338 |
| Relatives | 641 |
f)Number of referrals taken from birth parents – last financial year
15
6. Non agency adoptions
a. Enquiries – LFY
59
b. Enquiries – TFY
35
c. No of Assessments:
- LFY = 67
- TFY = 10
d. Orders made LFY:
- Adoption Order = 18
- Child Arrangement Orders – We have not been able to locate this information.
7. Unaccompanied asylum seeking children
a. Total children receiving a service today = 23
b. New arrivals – TFY (this financial year) – We hold this information but as disclosure may identify individuals it is exempt under the Freedom of Information Act Section 40 – Personal Data
c. Accommodation in use today:
- Foster placements – in house – 11
- Foster placements – kinship – see answer to Q 7b.
- Foster placements – independent – see answer to Q 7b.
- Supported housing – 15
8. Private fostering
a. Total PF arrangements today
13
b. Private fostering arrangement assessments ( PFAAR) last financial year
101
c. Total PFAAR’s completed this financial year
33
9. Connected persons work
a. Number of referrals
Last financial year –
116
This financial year
We do not hold this information.
b. Number of viability assessments (Part 1) undertaken in progress under Reg 23
We do not hold this information.
c. Number of viability assessments (Part 1) undertaken in progress under Reg 24
Between 04/07/2016 and 31/03/2017 there were 250 K10 Viability Assessments.
d. Number of temporary approvals granted under ADM
Last financial year = 76
This financial year = we do not hold this information.
e. Number of full approvals at panel
Last financial year =15
This financial year = we do not hold this information
10. Placements- children placed
a. Aged under 4
- With kinship carers – 7
- With independent fostering carers – 7
- With mainstream in house carers – 49
b. Aged 4- 11
- With kinship carers – 17
- With independent fostering carers – 67
- With mainstream in house carers -83
c. Aged 12+
- With kinship carers -16
- With independent fostering carers -95
- With mainstream in house carers – 173
d. Of the above how many were in sibling groups
- With kinship carers -14
- With independent fostering carers – 40
- With mainstream in house carers – 64
e. Parent & child
- With kinship carers – We hold this information but as disclosure may identify individuals it is exempt under the freedom of Information Act Section 40 – Personal Data.
- With independent fostering carers – 12
11. Adoption and fostering recruitment
Annual statistics – mainstream fostering – last financial year 2016 – 2017
Enquiries – 437
Initial Visit completed – 99
Stage 1 assessments commenced – 50
Stage 2 assessments commenced – 42
Prep training attended (households) 39
Approvals (households) 32
New placement options (children)
| Age range and category | Number of children |
| Under 4 | 13 |
| 4- 11 | 23 |
| 12+ | 16 |
| Short breaks | 0 |
| parent and child | 7 |
Annual statistics – this financial year 2017 – 2018
Enquiries – 105
Initial Visit completed – 35
Stage 1 assessments commenced – 9
Stage 2 assessments commenced – 7
Prep training attended (households) – 6
Approvals (households) – 8
New placement options (children)
| Age range and category | Number of children |
| Under 4 | 6 |
| 4- 11 | 9 |
| 12+ | 9 |
| Short breaks | 0 |
| Parent and child | 0 |
12. Named Individuals
Names of agency decision makes for adoption – Kath Drescher
Named responsible manager for fostering – Luke Chapman
Named responsible manager for adoption – Mark Berry
Names and email addresses for c and d’s line managers: Kath Drescher – kath.drescher@devon.gov.uk
Name and contact details for the chair of the fostering association:Luke Chapman – luke.chapman@devon.gov.uk
Name and contact details for the responsible cabinet members for children’s services and/or corporate parenting – James MacInnes – please click on the name for further details including contact information.
We have published responses to other Freedom of Information requests covering many of the same topics on our Freedom of Information Disclosure Log, which can be searched using categories, tags or keywords such as adoption, fostering, and unaccompanied asylum seeking children.