FOI release

Placement Order Child put up for Adoption

Some or all of the information requested was not provided because we determined that the cost to do so would exceed the appropriate limit.

Case reference FOI2024/01883

Received 11 November 2024

Published 29 November 2024

Request

Question 1:

(a) How many (total) Placement Orders obtained in the calendar year 2020 (or 12 month statistical period).

(b) Of these how many were: “that the parent or guardian has consented to the child being placed for adoption with any prospective adopters who may be chosen by the local authority and has not withdrawn the consent.”

(c) How many were opposed/non consenting: “that the parent’s or guardian’s consent should be dispensed with”.

(d) How many were: the child has no parent or guardian.

Question 2:

(a) How many (total) Placement Orders obtained in the calendar year 2021 (or 12 month statistical period).

(b) Of these how many were: “that the parent or guardian has consented to the child being placed for adoption with any prospective adopters who may be chosen by the local authority and has not withdrawn the consent.”

(c) How many were opposed/non consenting: “that the parent’s or guardian’s consent should be dispensed with”.

(d) How many were: the child has no parent or guardian.

Question 3:

(a) How many (total) Placement Orders obtained in the calendar year 2022 (or 12 month statistical period).

(b) Of these how many were: “that the parent or guardian has consented to the child being placed for adoption with any prospective adopters who may be chosen by the local authority and has not withdrawn the consent.”

(c) How many were opposed/non consenting: “that the parent’s or guardian’s consent should be dispensed with”.

(d) How many were: the child has no parent or guardian.

Question 4:

(a) How many (total) Placement Orders obtained in the calendar year 2023 (or 12 month statistical period).

(b) Of these how many were: “that the parent or guardian has consented to the child being placed for adoption with any prospective adopters who may be chosen by the local authority and has not withdrawn the consent.”

(c) How many were opposed/non consenting: “that the parent’s or guardian’s consent should be dispensed with”.

(d) How many were: the child has no parent or guardian.

Question 5:

(a) How many (total) Placement Orders obtained in the calendar year 2024 to date (or statistical period to date).

(b) Of these how many were: “that the parent or guardian has consented to the child being placed for adoption with any prospective adopters who may be chosen by the local authority and has not withdrawn the consent.”

(c) How many were opposed/non consenting: “that the parent’s or guardian’s consent should be dispensed with”.

(d) How many were: the child has no parent or guardian.

 

Response

Question 1:

(a) How many (total) Placement Orders obtained in the calendar year 2020 (or 12 month statistical period).

(b) Of these how many were: “that the parent or guardian has consented to the child being placed for adoption with any prospective adopters who may be chosen by the local authority and has not withdrawn the consent.”

(c) How many were opposed/non consenting: “that the parent’s or guardian’s consent should be dispensed with”.

(d) How many were: the child has no parent or guardian.

Question 2:

(a) How many (total) Placement Orders obtained in the calendar year 2021 (or 12 month statistical period).

(b) Of these how many were: “that the parent or guardian has consented to the child being placed for adoption with any prospective adopters who may be chosen by the local authority and has not withdrawn the consent.”

(c) How many were opposed/non consenting: “that the parent’s or guardian’s consent should be dispensed with”.

(d) How many were: the child has no parent or guardian.

Question 3:

(a) How many (total) Placement Orders obtained in the calendar year 2022 (or 12 month statistical period).

(b) Of these how many were: “that the parent or guardian has consented to the child being placed for adoption with any prospective adopters who may be chosen by the local authority and has not withdrawn the consent.”

(c) How many were opposed/non consenting: “that the parent’s or guardian’s consent should be dispensed with”.

(d) How many were: the child has no parent or guardian.

Question 4:

(a) How many (total) Placement Orders obtained in the calendar year 2023 (or 12 month statistical period).

(b) Of these how many were: “that the parent or guardian has consented to the child being placed for adoption with any prospective adopters who may be chosen by the local authority and has not withdrawn the consent.”

(c) How many were opposed/non consenting: “that the parent’s or guardian’s consent should be dispensed with”.

(d) How many were: the child has no parent or guardian.

Question 5:

(a) How many (total) Placement Orders obtained in the calendar year 2024 to date (or statistical period to date).

(b) Of these how many were: “that the parent or guardian has consented to the child being placed for adoption with any prospective adopters who may be chosen by the local authority and has not withdrawn the consent.”

(c) How many were opposed/non consenting: “that the parent’s or guardian’s consent should be dispensed with”.

(d) How many were: the child has no parent or guardian.

 

A: The above information is not held in a form that would enable it to be located, retrieved and extracted within the Appropriate Time Limit which equates to 18 hours as defined by the Freedom of Information and Data Protection (Appropriate Limits and Fees) Regulations 2004.

Our electronic reporting systems are unable to run a report for this information. To ascertain the data requested officers would need to manually check paper files for this information. An initial search has shown that 73 case files would need to be checked for this information, and it is estimated that it would take taking at least 20 mins to check each file. Once the details had been identified this would need to be noted and once all files had been checked in this way, the total figures requested could be calculated.

This would at a conservative estimate take at least 24.3 hours to complete. Where the Limit is exceeded Public Authorities are not obliged to supply the information requested by virtue of S12 of the Act. Please take this letter as a refusal notice under S17 of the Act.

The Service Area have advised that they could answer part A and D of each question. Please let me know if you would like this information provided to you.

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