Children's Social Care

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

  • Guidance for Interviewing Children

    1. Please provide a copy of children’s social services guidance/requirements for interviewing children 2. Please send guidance on how the parents of the children should be informed regarding any interviews For both questions, please refer to the Family Procedures Manual, … Continue reading →

  • Children’s and Young People’s Services

    ‘Children’s and Young People’s Services’ refers to services that are included under Sections 3.1 to 3.6 of the Section 251 Budget disclosures from the Department for Education. For just ‘Youth Services’ this would be as per 3.5 of the Section … Continue reading →

  • Local Authority Accommodation Figures

    1. How many households are living in accommodation provided by the local authority under section 17 of the Children Act 1989 on 30th June 2022 (or closest possible date)? 2. What is the total number of adults living in these … Continue reading →

  • Vulnerable children deaths

    Part A: Please could I have details of: 1. The number of children classified as children in need by your local authority between 1 January 2018 to 26 August 2022 Please could this be broken down by year (for 2022, … Continue reading →

  • Looked after children

    This is a freedom of information request. Please provide the following information about looked after children in your local authority. * Please only include those looked after children who were placed by the local authority in the types of accommodation … Continue reading →

  • Child Sexual Exploitation

    Please could you provide the following information regarding child sexual exploitation: 1. How many children have been referred to the Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH) for children (17 and under) due to concerns about Child Sexual Exploitation in the following years: … Continue reading →