Please provide the following information that your local authority holds (please tick if relevant):
1. Does your local authority have a current policy of charging parents whose children are in the care system?
No
2. Does the local authority have a current policy of charging young people of the age of 16 or over who are in the care system?
No
If the answer to 1 AND 2 is no, please jump to question 21.
21. In circumstances where parents have been charged, what involvement did children’s services have immediately before the child became a child in the care system? Please provide details of the number of children according to the children’s services involvement they had before the child became a child in
care:
i. No prior involvement ii. Early Help
iii. Child in Need
iv. Child Protection
v. Formal pre-proceedings vi. Care proceedings
If involvement overlaps (for example, if a child was on a child protection plan and subject to a formal pre- proceeding process) please assign it to both.
22. Please indicate if this policy includes a specific provision for directly charging 16 and 17 year-olds in care under section 20 voluntary arrangements for the costs of their care (not including accommodation service charges)
• Yes
• No
• Not sure
If the answer is yes:
i. Please provide details, by financial year, of the total number of 16 and 17 year-olds who have been charged under this provision in the policy.
ii. Please provide details, by financial year, of the total number of ‘contribution notices’ served to 16
and 17 year olds who have been charged under this current policy.
iii. Please provide details, by financial year, of the total number of 16 and 17 year-olds from whom payments have actually been received.
iv. Please provide details, by financial year, of the total number of contribution orders relating to 16 and
17 year olds that the local authority applied for since the current policy was enacted.
v. Please provide the details of the weekly charge to 16 and 17 year-olds under this provision in the policy, including details of any variations for age.
vi. Please provide details of the total amount of money received by the local authority from 16 and
17year-olds under this provision in the policy.
In response to questions 21 and 22, this is not applicable as we do not have a policy. We therefore do not hold this information.
23. Please indicate whether your local authority requires 16 and 17 year-olds in care to cover any service charges relating to their accommodation.
No