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Department for Children, Schools and Families

A ministerial department in the UK, also called DCSF (home page)

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15 Freedom of Information requests made

Number of people the DCSF has declared to be a vexatious correspondent Please could you give me the number of people who have been declared persistent or vexatious correspondents by the DCSF and the former DfES over the... Awaiting response.
Requested from Department for Children, Schools and Families by Anne Jago on 25 July 2008.
Changes to DCSF guidance on school trips resulting from the 2005 HSE report on the Glenridding Tragedy The HSE report on the Glenridding Tragedy said "The extensive investigation of this tragedy at Glenridding Beck by HSE and Cumbria Police revealed m... Awaiting response.
Requested from Department for Children, Schools and Families by Anne Jago on 24 July 2008.
Consultants in the Education Department What is the longest period of time that an individual consultant has been employed or paid in the department which was responsible for education, re... Awaiting response.
Requested from Department for Children, Schools and Families by Roger Cook on 21 July 2008.
Reviews of Ministerial Private Offices Please can you list the number of reviews into the working practices (or effectiveness) of Ministerial Private Offices (including the cost of each re... Awaiting response.
Requested from Department for Children, Schools and Families by Roger Cook on 21 July 2008.
Who can give permission for a "looked after child" to go on a residential school trip? Please can you tell me who can give permission for a "looked after" child to go on a residential school trip? Specifically can foster carers sign co... Successful.
Requested from Department for Children, Schools and Families by Anne Jago on 8 July 2008.
Names and periods of office of all education ministers since September 1991 Please could you list the names and periods of holding office of all education ministers (whether in the cabinet or not) in the department which was... Successful.
Requested from Department for Children, Schools and Families by S.Whitfield on 7 July 2008.
Meetings with the United Learning Trust Please can you provide information on all meetings between the department in the years 2006, 2007 and 2008, including at ministerial level, and the U... Awaiting classification.
Requested from Department for Children, Schools and Families by Scott D on 26 June 2008.
DCSF letters to schools and LAs about the HSE report on the Glenridding Tragedy Anne Jago Partially successful.
Requested from Department for Children, Schools and Families by Anne Jago on 24 June 2008.
Common Purpose - Ed Balls 1. Has Ed Balls ever attended a Common Purpose training course? If so, please list the courses he has attended, their dates, their cost and detail... Successful.
Requested from Department for Children, Schools and Families by John Walker on 18 June 2008.
UK School Curriculum Content During April 2007 a number of stories circulated in the media that UK Schools were dropping lessons that contained references to Holocaust so as not... Successful.
Requested from Department for Children, Schools and Families by Mike McNamara on 14 May 2008.
Representation of governors on Ministerial Working Group on School Governance Can you please advise what percentage of the members of the Ministerial Working Group on School Governance are also current school governors? Your... Information not held.
Requested from Department for Children, Schools and Families by Feargal Hogan on 8 May 2008.
Evidence that smaller school governing bodies tend to be more effective In today's DCSF Press Notice announcing the launch of a major review of school governance (http://www.dfes.gov.uk/pns/DisplayPN.cgi?pn_id=2008_0085),... Partially successful.
Requested from Department for Children, Schools and Families by Feargal Hogan on 8 May 2008.
Itemised spending and objective impact of Dyslexia support and literacy initiatives I request the amount of money, since the general election in 1997 up to the present day, which has been spent on dyslexia support. Specifically I wo... Successful.
Requested from Department for Children, Schools and Families by Mark Jones on 10 April 2008.
Cost of Dr Tanya Byron's Review into children's online safety I'd like to know how much Dr Byron was paid for the recent review into the safety of children online. Yours faithfully, Jemima Kiss The Guardia... Response overdue.
Requested from Department for Children, Schools and Families by Jemima Kiss on 28 March 2008.
Involvement of Brain Gym in all levels of schools in Wiltshire County Council's remit Please provide a list of schools who have paid money or benefits in kind to Brain Gym (or their agents) in schools (all levels) under the remit of W... Information not held.
Requested from Department for Children, Schools and Families by Trevor Mathers on 29 February 2008.