Children's Social Care

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

  • Disability Equipment

    Please can you advise the overall spend on disability equipment (for example seating and standing) for children with special needs within the following periods; 2015/2016 – Actual spend 2016/2017 – Actual spend 2017/2018 ‘ Budgeted Please see the table below: … Continue reading →

  • Sheltered Housing

    For each of the financial years 14/15, 15/16, 16/17 and 17/18 to November 1, what was the total number of safeguarding alerts your council received concerning people who are residents of sheltered housing or other supported living schemes? For each … Continue reading →

  • Spend on Social Care Agency Staff

    Under the FOI act, please provide a response to the following questions with regards to the councils spend on social care agency staff. Total spend on agency staff in 16/17 £5,723,425.87 Total spend on social care agency staff in 16/17 … Continue reading →

  • Forced marriages

    For each of the financial years 2012/13, 2013/14, 2014/15, 2015/16 and 2016/17, please can you disclose: The number of reports received by the local authority relating to forced marriages or suspected forced marriages. We do not have a statutory requirement … Continue reading →

  • Adoption placement breakdowns

    How many adoption placements (for children in the care of the council) broke down in each of the last five financial years (2012/13, 2013/14, 2014/15, 2015/16 & 2016/17)? The request relates to breakdowns that occur after a child has been … Continue reading →

  • Adoption budgets, assessments and support

    The annual budgets for each Children’s Services department for the previous 5 financial years to include but not limited to, Adoption Service, Post Adoption Services, Looked After Children, Family Assessment and Support Team, Emergency Duty Team and Fostering Service. Service … Continue reading →

  • Looked after children 2:1 placements

    We require data pertaining to each child placed in specialist residential 2+:1 placements (used for LAC who are deemed perhaps too difficult to care for in traditional children’s homes/foster homes and sometimes requested as an alternative to a secure children’s … Continue reading →

  • NSPCC referrals

    On children referred to children’s social care by the NSPCC for each of the years ending 31st March 2015, 2016 and 2017 and for the 6 months from 1st April 2017 to 30th September 2017.: 1.How many referrals were made … Continue reading →