Statistics of children on care orders in the IOM.

Summary

The requester asked for annual statistics on children placed on care orders in the Isle of Man from 2009 to 2020. The Department of Health and Social Care provided data for 2010 through 2020 but confirmed that records for 2009 were not held.

Key Facts

• Data for the year 2009 was not held by the Department and could not be provided.
• The statistics provided exclude Interim Care Orders.
• The Freedom of Information Act 2015 technically allows requests from October 11, 2011, but the authority voluntarily provided earlier data where available.
• The highest number of care orders in the provided period was 18 in 2017.
• The lowest number of care orders in the provided period was 1 in 2015.

Data Disclosed

• 2009
• 2010
• 2011
• 2012
• 2013
• 2014
• 2015
• 2016
• 2017
• 2018
• 2019
• 2020
• 15
• 10
• 13
• 9
• 2
• 1
• 5
• 18
• 3
• 7
• 11th October 2011
• 27th January 2021
• 4th February 2021

Original Request

Question 1 For each year from 2009 to 2020 how many children were placed on care orders in the Isle of Man?

Data Tables (1)

Full Response Text

Interim Chief Executive: Kathryn Magson Freedom of Information Team Crookall House Demesne Road Douglas Isle of Man IM1 3QA

Tel: (01624) 642621 Email: dhsc@foi.gov.im Website: www.gov.im/dhsc

Our ref: 1647213 4th February 2021

Dear ###

We write further to your request which was received on the 27th January 2021 and states:

“Question 1 For each year from 2009 to 2020 how many children were placed on care orders in the Isle of Man?” Our Response: Please see the table below which provides the numbers of children who were made subject to a Care Order by year, it does not include Interim Care Orders. The Freedom of Information Act 2015 allows information to be requested from the 11th October 2011. In order to provide help and assistance we have included the years that we do hold prior to this date. Unfortunately we are not able to provide the data for the year 2009 as the Department does not hold this. Year Number of Care Orders Year Number of Care Orders 2010 15 2016 5 2011 10 2017 18 2012 13 2018 9 2013 9 2019 3 2014 2 2020 7 2015 1 Please quote the reference number 1647213 in any future communications.

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