Children's Social Care

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

  • Looked after children

    I am writing to make a request under the Freedom of Information Act for details of looked after children placed in residential children’s homes. More specifically, I am requesting the following: 1. The total number of looked after children the … Continue reading →

  • Data linkage Children’s Services

    Data linkage (also known as matching, entity resolution or record linkage) is the process of joining data sets through deciding whether two records, in the same or different data sets, belong to the same entity (Harron et al., 2016). Data … Continue reading →

  • Child Safeguarding Practice Reviews

    1. How many child safeguarding practice reviews the council has carried out in each year since 1 January 2020? To clarify, it is not Devon County Council who carry out these reviews, but the Devon Children and Families partnership. We … Continue reading →

  • Victims of Child Sexual Exploitation Offences

    What percentage of victims of child sexual exploitation offences, had a ‘Child in Need’ assessment undertaken? Please provide the figures from January 2016 – December 2022. Devon County Council believes compliance with this request would exceed the appropriate costs limit … Continue reading →

  • Children’s Residential Care Companies

    1. The current number of Children’s Residential Care Companies providing services to or on behalf of the Local Authority. In March 2023, Devon County Council (DCC) was making payments to 52 external residential providers 2. The name of each Children’s … Continue reading →

  • Child protection data

    Please can you point me towards any data that’s available about : The percentage of Child Protection cases where either a parent or child is identified as a Disabled Person. The percentage of these cases where the outcome is that … Continue reading →

  • Former relevant children

    1. How many former relevant children did the Council have duties towards in 2018, 2020 and 2022 respectively under: (a) Section 23C Children Act 1989; (b) Section 23CZB Children Act 1989; and (c) Section 23CA Children Act 1989. *2017/18: 457 … Continue reading →