Request
The request concerns information on the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund (ASGSF).
Please supply the following:
- How many children were registered as adopted or under special guardianship in your area for the following years; 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025.
- How much money is provided in a calendar year (1 Jan to 31 December) to your council through the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund, from the Department for Education? Please provide information for the following years; 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025.
- How many individuals apply for this fund? Please provide information for the following years; 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025.
- Please break these down into gender (e.g. male, female, trans or whichever way you record data) and ethnicity (e.g. white, Asian, black, mixed race etc. or whichever way you record data) for the corresponding years. This can be categorised (e.g 10 male, 3 white, 3 black, 4 Asian).
- How many individuals receive this fund? Please provide information for the following years; 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025.
- Please break these down into gender (e.g. male, female, trans or whichever way you record data) and ethnicity (e.g. white, Asian, black, mixed race etc. or whichever way you record data) for the corresponding years. This can be categorised (e.g 10 male, 3 white, 3 black, 4 Asian).
- How much was assigned to each child that successfully applied to the fund for the following years: 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025.
- How much was returned from unspent accounts to the Department for Education for the following financial years: 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025.
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.