Children's Social Care

Statutory child protection, children in need, adoption and fostering services

  • National Referral Mechanism (NRM)

    I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information from your local authority. This Freedom of Information request is made to access to data in relation to children referred by your local … Continue reading →

  • Fostering Statistics

    1. How many children were in care on October 30th in 2023, 2021, 2019 and 2013? 2023 – 905 2021 – 823 2019 – 781 2013 – 694 2. How many active foster carers were there on the above dates? … Continue reading →

  • Holiday Activities & Food Programme (HAF)

    Please can you advise: 1. Is your HAF programme managed in house by the Council or is the programme management outsourced? Devon County Council run their own HAF Programme after securing funding from the Department for Education to arrange a … Continue reading →

  • Childrens homes placement

    Please can you provide the name & email address of the individual responsible for commissioning residential children’s homes placements for individuals with a learning disability and/or autism. The individual responsible within Devon County Council is Vikki Hearn, Vikki.Hearn@devon.gov.uk.

  • Looked After Children

    UNREGULATED PROVISION USE 1/ What is the total number of Looked After Children (LAC) aged 16 and 17-years-old who are currently placed in unregulated provision? Please provide the number of these individuals in such provision at the point this request … Continue reading →

  • Children’s social care

     I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information from your children’s services/children’s social care department. Please may you provide me with the following information: 1.        Do you have your eligibility criteria … Continue reading →

  • Children/youth centres

    Could you please answer the following 2 questions: 1. How many children’s centres and family hubs operated by your council were closed in the periods 2010/11 – 2018/19? Devon County Council did not run Family Hubs in this time period. … Continue reading →

  • Unaccompanied asylum-seeking children

    Please provide the following information which is requested under the Freedom of Information Act 2000: The number of UAS children which represent the 0.1% threshold in the NTS Protocol for your local authority. Our estimate based on Devon County Council … Continue reading →