Children's Social Care

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

  • Childrens social care prioritisation and funding

    Please indicate in column how the following functions provided by your authority’s children’s social services are prioritised by your service from 1 ‘ 20 (1 = highest priority, 20 = lowest priority)  Children’s social care services do not prioritise functions … Continue reading →

  • Child and family poverty

    At any point between 2010 and 2014 did your local authority publish a Child Poverty Needs Assessment and develop and publish a Child Poverty Strategy or Family Poverty Strategy? Does your local authority currently have a Child Poverty Strategy and/or … Continue reading →

  • Criminal Exploitation

    I submit the following request for information under the Freedom of Information legislation to your Local Authority concerning criminal exploitation of children and young people. This information will be used for a national policy report, and individual Local Authorities will … Continue reading →

  • Looked After Children

    Based on the latest available figures:  How many Looked After Children, who are in the care of the local authority, are:   (a) EU (non-UK) citizens  Devon County Council does not record nationality.  Therefore, this information is not held  (b) have … Continue reading →

  • Dublin III children

    We would be grateful if you could now provide the following information: 1. In your initial response to us you stated that: ‘Devon County Council currently have 39 children – 24 as child in care and 15 care leavers.’ At … Continue reading →

  • Social work staffing expenditure

    This request concerns the Council’s social work provision for both children and adults for the 2015-16, 2016-17, and 2017-18 budget years. Should the following questions exceed your time and budgetary restrictions, we ask that as per Section 16 of the … Continue reading →