FOI Request: CAS

REF: FOI15-0107-09595

Dear Ms L Marta

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - INFORMATION REQUEST

Thank you for your FoI Request dated 07 January 2015, in which you requested information concerning Children that have been referred to social services and home schooling.

The Freedom of Information Act 2000 directs local authorities to confirm whether or not requested information is held. I can confirm that the information you have requested is held and respond to your request as below.

1. Please advise the number of 0-4 year olds in your Authority

Response: The information you have requested is exempt under Section 21 of the Freedom of Information Act. Section 21 (2a) states that information which is reasonably accessible to the applicant (even if it is accessible only on payment) is exempt. https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2014

2. Please advise the number of 0-4 year olds subjects to a social services referral during the last year for which you have records.

Response: The information you have requested is exempt under Section 21 of the Freedom of Information Act. Section 21 (2a) states that information which is reasonably accessible to the applicant (even if it is accessible only on payment) is exempt. https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-looked-after-children

3. Please provide numbers of 0-4 year old in your authority who were placed on a child protection plan during the last year for which records are available.

Response: The information you have requested is exempt under Section 21 of the Freedom of Information Act. Section 21 (2a) states that information which is reasonably accessible to the applicant (even if it is accessible only on payment) is exempt. https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-children-in-need

4. Please advise the number of 5-16 year olds in your authority.

Response: The information you have requested is exempt under Section 21 of the Freedom of Information Act. Section 21 (2a) states that information which is reasonably accessible to the applicant (even if it is accessible only on payment) is exempt. https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/school-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2014

5. Please advise the number of 5-16 year olds subject to a referral to social services during the last year for which you have records available.

Response: The information you have requested is exempt under Section 21 of the Freedom of Information Act. Section 21 (2a) states that information which is reasonably accessible to the applicant (even if it is accessible only on payment) is exempt. https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-looked-after-children

6. For the 5-16 year olds subject to a referral to social services in your authority, please advise the number who are home educated (Educated by their family).

Response: This information is not held in a readily retrievable format and there is no automated mechanism for the collation of the required data. Therefore, provision of this information would require manual review and processing of a large volume of data, considerably exceeding the limit to time and resource under FOIA.The Freedom of Information and Data Protection (Appropriate Limit and Fees) Regulations 2004 has set the appropriate limit as £450 based on a charge of £25 per hour. Section 12 of the Act states that the Council is not obligated to comply with a request for information if the authority estimates that the costs of complying with the request would exceed the appropriate limit. The appropriate limit is represented by the estimated cost of one person spending 2 and half working days in determining whether the Council holds the information, and locating, retrieving and extracting the information requested. Consequently the Council is not obligated to respond to your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

7. Please advise the number of 5-16 year olds placed on a child protection plan in your authority for the latest year for which figures are available.

Response: The information you have requested is exempt under Section 21 of the Freedom of Information Act. Section 21 (2a) states that information which is reasonably accessible to the applicant (even if it is accessible only on payment) is exempt. https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-children-in-need

Please note the information provided to you in this response is still covered by copyright legislation. You are not authorised to re-use this information for commercial or research purposes as defined by the Re-Use of Public Sector Information Regulations 2005. If you do wish to re-use this information please contact:

The Information Governance Team, 1st Floor,

6-15 Florfield Road, London E8 1DT

If you are dissatisfied with this response and wish to appeal, please write to the above address and your complaint will be dealt with through our Internal Review procedure.

If you are still not satisfied following the Internal Review, you have a right to appeal to the Information Commissioner. He can be contacted at:

Information Commissioner's Office

Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Telephone:01625 545 700

www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk

Yours sincerely

Delisa Trought

Executive Support Assistant