1. How many children were rescued from child sex rings in Devon in 2012 – 2022? 2. What age were they? 3. How many entered the local care system? 4. How many were adopted before they turned 18? In response … Continue reading
Children's Social Care
Statutory child protection, children in need, adoption and fostering services
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Spend on social care agency staff
This is a FOI request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Could you please provide the following information you have pertaining to spend on social care agency staff within your Council: 1. What was the total spend by your … Continue reading
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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
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Vietnamese Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children
Please may you provide me with: 1. The number of Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children (UASC) from Vietnam currently registered in your jurisdiction 2. The number of Vietnamese UASCs in your jurisdiction who are under 18 and, separately, between 18-25 years … Continue reading
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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
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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
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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
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Regulated accommodation placements for looked after children
Please provide the following data relating to children in care. 1.a) In the 12 months to 1 March 2023 how many children in your local authority area were referred as needing a placement in a secure, regulated setting? b) How … Continue reading
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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
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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