Return Home Interviews
Case reference FOI2026/00303
Received 5 February 2026
Published 27 February 2026
Request
To whom it may concern, I am writing to make an open government request for information to which I am entitled under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Please provide the following information for the period 1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025.
(1) Do you record ‘parental conflict’ as a risk factor / vulnerability marker / push / pull factor or equivalent in your Return Home Interviews?
(2) If the answer to question 1 is yes, please tell us:
(a) How many Return Home Interviews were completed in the period 1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025?
(b) In how many of those Return Home Interviews was ‘parental conflict’ identified?
If the answer to 1 is no, please tell us:
(a) Do you routinely record another type of risk factor / vulnerability marker / push / pull factor that is similar or equivalent to parental conflict?1 If so, please list those here
(b) How many Return Home Interviews were completed in the period 1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025?
(c) in how many of those Return Home Interviews was / were the answer(s) to 3a identified?
Response
I am writing to make an open government request for information to which I am entitled under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Please provide the following information for the period 1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025.
(1) Do you record ‘parental conflict’ as a risk factor / vulnerability marker / push / pull factor or equivalent in your Return Home Interviews?
A: The Service Area have advised that they record ‘family relationships’ as a push pull factor and ‘issues with placement’ if they are a child looked after.
(2) If the answer to question 1 is yes, please tell us:
(a) How many Return Home Interviews were completed in the period 1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025?
A: 216 return home interviews were accepted and completed by children.
(b) In how many of those Return Home Interviews was ‘parental conflict’ identified?
A: Family relationships – 88 return home interviews
Issues in placement – 36 return home interviews.
If the answer to 1 is no, please tell us:
(a) Do you routinely record another type of risk factor / vulnerability marker / push / pull factor that is similar or equivalent to parental conflict?1 If so, please list those here
A: See above
(b) How many Return Home Interviews were completed in the period 1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025?
A: N/A as Q1 was answered.
(c) in how many of those Return Home Interviews was / were the answer(s) to 3a identified?
A: N/A as Q1 was answered.
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