Children's Social Care

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

  • Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children

    1. From January to June 2023, how many individuals claiming to be children (aged under 18) were referred to your children’s services department, having previously been assessed to be an adult by the Home Office and placed in adult asylum … Continue reading →

  • Social Work Evidence Templates (SWET)

    Please provide a copy of all your Social Work Evidence Templates (SWET) (children’s services) In response: Output template – SWET – Urgent hearing Output template – SWET – Initial Output template – SWET – Final Statement

  • Modern Slavery

    This Freedom of Information request is made to access to data in relation to children referred by your local authority to the National Referral Mechanism (NRM) for children who were identified as potential victims of modern slavery. Therefore, I would … Continue reading →

  • Unaccompanied child migrants

    Under the Freedom of Information Act, I would like to request the following information: 1. How many ‘unaccompanied child migrants’ has your authority been responsible for between January 2022 and now? 106 2. What percentage of ‘unaccompanied child migrants’ that … Continue reading →

  • Underage pregnancy in care homes

    I require information of how many babies were born while their underage mothers were in the care of Devon Social Services at Totnes and Exeter. Perhaps all DSS homes would show a more transparent picture of what was happening in … Continue reading →

  • Support for Homeless Teenagers

    1. Please provide any current policies, procedures or material relating to 16 and 17 year-olds who present as homeless and/or estranged from their parents. Devon County Council do not hold any current information. Our protocol is being updated to reflect … Continue reading →

  • Community Disability Equipment

    I would be grateful if you could provide information to us on all the geographical areas that you cover, for the following two periods: 1st April 2021 to 31st March 2022 and 1st April 2022 to 31st March 2023. 1. … Continue reading →

  • Looked After Children placements

    I submit the following request for information regarding placements of Looked After Children where your local authority has corporate parenting responsibilities. 1. In total, how many Looked After children: a) moved from one placement to a different placement between 18th … Continue reading →

  • Unregistered Children’s Homes

    I’m researching unregistered children’s homes, which are homes providing some form of ‘care’ to children but not registered with Ofsted.  1. How much did the council spend on unregistered children’s home placements in (a) 2021/22 and (b) 2022/23? 2. Please … Continue reading →

  • Emergency Duty Team

    Please can you provide the following information under the freedom of information act: 1. The generic email of the Emergency Duty Team for the children department. emergencydutychildrens-mailbox@devon.gov.uk 2. The full name, direct contact number and email of the head of … Continue reading →