• Young people in care 2016-2017

    How many young people entered the care of your authority from 1st April 2016 to 31st March 2017? 330 How many of the number of young people that entered the care of your authority from 1st April 2016 to 31st … Continue reading

  • Accommodation for Children in Police Custody

    “I am writing to kindly request information regarding the arrangements in your local authority for fulfilling obligations under section 21(2)(b) of the Children Act 1989 to receive, and provide accommodation for, children in police custody following their arrest when requested … Continue reading

  • Foster care payments and allowances

    1.When did foster carers last receive an increase to their fostering allowances? (show as month/year) August 1st 2017. An increase was agreed by Devon County Council in October 2018, with implementation planned for January 2019. 2. A breakdown of fees … Continue reading

  • Foster Care Number and Costing

    NCan you provide information of the number of looked after children by age group and by which tier of in-house / internal foster carer they are placed with, (e.g. Age 0-4 with Tier 1 carer = 40 children; Age 5-10 … Continue reading

  • Foster Care numbers and costings

     “Please provide:- 1. Details of the lowest, highest and average weekly fee rates agreed with external suppliers of Independent Foster Care Services for the current year (2018/2019). Fees paid to Independent Fostering Agencies are determined by those providers. We do … Continue reading

  • Children in care

    – Please detail the number of children taken into care by your local authority as a result of the detention of a parent by the Home Office and/or immigration services in the last 5 years. If possible for each case, … Continue reading

  • Foster care registration

    How many foster carers have left (been de-registered by) Devon’s Fostering Service since April 2016 and how many new foster carers were registered during the same period?  See National Statistics for Fostering in England 2016-2017  published 29 March 2018 How … Continue reading