FI17059

Request

I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request information regarding foster carers and children in care within your local authority.

Specifically, I would like to request the following data for the period of 2023-2026:

  1. The total number of approved foster carers, broken down by ethnicity.
  2. The total number of children in care, broken down by ethnicity.
  3. The number of Black and Global Majority children placed with foster carers of a different ethnicity (transracial placements).
  4. The number of kinship carers and special guardians (SGOs) from Global Majority backgrounds currently supported by the authority.

Response

Dover District Council does not hold the information you are seeking. The social care authority within our District is Kent County Council, who should be able to assist you and can be contacted at the following address: freedomofinformation@kent.gov.uk.