Children's Social Care

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

  • Missing children

    The number of looked after children who had a missing incident in a) 2015 b) 2016 This information request covers “Experimental Statistics as published in the Local Interactive Tool and as such will be assessed next year as to whether … Continue reading →

  • Troubled Families – out of work benefits verification

    Page 23 of the Troubled Families Financial Framework for phase 1 of the Troubled Families Programme states, in respect of claims made for adults moving off out-of-work benefits and into ‘continuous employment’, that:remaining in ‘continuous employment’ will need to be self-certified … Continue reading →

  • Children removed from birth parents

    1.Number of children permanently removed from their birth parents in last 5 years in Devon A total of 261 children were permanently removed from birth parents as a result of Adoption Orders over the last five years. A total of … Continue reading →

  • Dublin III family reunions

    1. How many minors (children under the age of 18) were successfully reunited with family members in 2016 and also in 2017 under Dublin III family reunion provisions? I request that this number should include all ‘Calais referrals’ – i.e. … Continue reading →

  • Early help below child in need threshold

    1. Does the local authority gather information on cases/referrals where an early help/intervention service is offered to children with needs recorded at a threshold below/prior that of ‘child in need’ (Children Act 1989)? Yes 2. Please can you tell me … Continue reading →

  • Child abuse – parental prosecutions

    How many parents have been prosecuted for child abuse by deliberately manipulating a child against another parent in the Family Court arena. Devon County Council  does not prosecute parents involved in child abuse cases. Therefore we do not hold this … Continue reading →