Children's Social Care

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

  • First 20 children in care cases in 2020

    In relation to the first 20 cases of children that were taken into care (either interim or full) by your authority in the 2020 calendar year please provide me with the following information in connection with each of these cases … Continue reading →

  • Family Assessment Units

    Please can you provide me with details of how much Devon County Council Local Authority pays, per week, for a mother and baby who are ordered by the Family Court, to be placed in to the Orchard House or Richmond … Continue reading →

  • Looked after children – accommodation

    Please provide:  1. a) Total number of 16/17 year olds accommodated under section 17 of the Children Act (please only include 16/17 year olds accommodated alone, not with their families) for period 1st April 2017 ‘ 31 March 2018 and … Continue reading →

  • Child Care legal professionals

    1. How many Child Care legal professionals (or equivalent) are employed by the Council? 18 (Solicitors, Legal Executives and Legal Assistants) 2. Does the Council have a specific risk assessment for legal employees undertaking child care work which deals with … Continue reading →

  • Adoption – criteria

    What weight or BMI criteria does the council have for prospective adoptive parents? There is no weight or BMI criteria set by Adopt South West, guidance comes from the Department of Health and individual medicals undertaken by prospective adopters with … Continue reading →

  • Accommodation for children in police custody

    I write to request information regarding data that you hold on children in custody. You have signed the Home Office 2017 Concordat on Children in Custody which states the following: Section 7; ‘Police forces should share data with Local Authorities … Continue reading →