In relation to the first 20 cases of children that were taken into care (either interim or full) by your authority in the 2022 calendar year please provide me with the following information in connection with each of these cases.
1. The sex of the child?
10 females and 10 males
2. The age of the child?
5 children who were under the age of 1 year old.
Due to the low numbers, providing the rest of this information may identify the remaining children. This would risk a disclosure of their personal information and would be a breach of the first data protection principle. This information is therefore exempt from disclosure pursuant to Section 40(2) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
3. If any of the following factors are recorded in the papers you hold on the case as having been a factor in the council’s decision to take the child into care: (a) proximity to a dangerous dog (b) the obesity of the child, (c) a concern the child spends too much time playing computer games and/or on the internet, (d) the child’s home environment is unhealthy due to cigarette smoke, (e) the parents do not care adequately for the child because they spend too much time watching television and/or on the internet or (f) that the child is not being given enough food to eat.
a. 0 in proximity to a dangerous dog
b. 0 in relation to the obesity of the child
c. 0 in relation to a concern the child spends too much time playing computer games and/or on the internet
d. 0 in relation to the child’s home environment is unhealthy due to cigarette smoke
e. 0 in relation to the parents not caring adequately for the child because they spend too much time watching television and/or on the internet
f. 5 children not being given enough food to eat