FOI Request - Looked After and Accommodated Children

Request 101003504031

1.  The total number of children referred to the Social Work Department in the years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023?

2.  How many Permanence Panels were convened in the years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023?

3.  The number of children referred to Permanence Panels in the years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023?

4.  In the years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 how many Permanence Panels made a recommendation that an Application be made for a Permanence Order in relation to a child?

5.  How many Applications for Permanence Orders did your Legal Department make to a Sheriff Court or the Court of Session in the years, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023?

6.  How many Parenting Capacity Assessments were conducted by Social Workers within your Social Work Department in the years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023?

(a)  Of those Parenting Capacity Assessments, how many recommend that an Application for Permanence should be sought?

7.  How many Independent Parenting Capacity Assessments were instructed by your Social Work Department in relation to children within your care in the years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023?

(a) Of the Independent Parenting Capacity Assessments instructed, how many recommend that an Application for Permanence should be sought?

8.  How many applications did your Local Authority make to either the Sheriff Court or to the Court of Session for a Child Protection Order in the years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023? Please provide details of the numbers made by your legal department and social work department separately

9.  Of the applications to either the Sheriff Court or to the Court of Session for a Child Protection Order in the years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023, how many of those were granted?

10.  Of the applications to either the Sheriff Court or to the Court of Session for a Child Protection Order in the years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023, how many of those were made out of usual business out of hours, being Monday to Friday from 9am until 5pm?

Response 13-03-2024

1. We received the following from a variety of sources where there was a concern about a child.  This is what we understand by the term Referred.   

2. 2019 = 12, 2020 = 12 , 2021 = 12, 2022 = 12 and 2023 = 12

3. 2019 = 12, 2020 = *<5, 2021 = *<5, 2022 = 6 and 2023 = *<5

* The low numbers associated with this response may result in the identification of individuals. Therefore numbers between 1 and 5 have
been redacted and marked with <5 instead. This response is exempt under Section 38(1)(b) of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - personal
information.

4. 2019 = 12, 2020 = *<5 , 2021 = *<5, 2022 = 6 and 2023 = *<5 (this includes PO and POA)

* low numbers have been redacted and marked with <5 instead - Section 38(1)(b) of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - personal
information.

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6.-10. The information requested is not specifically recorded, so we would have to check each case individually to extract this detail. This would cost the Council in excess of £600. In accordance with section 12 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002, excessive cost, we are therefore unable to comply with this part of your request.