Please ask for: Sara-Jane Owens

Direct Line: 0116 252 7606

E-mail: [email address]

Fax: (0116) 252 7936

Our Ref: 2751

Date: 10 July 2009

Sam Urquhart

[FOI #12731 email]

Dear Sam Urquhart

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000

Your request for information has now been considered and the Council's response to your questions are shown below.

You asked for:

Details of any complaints made in the past five years against teachers within the council's jurisdiction regarding the teaching of Darwinism.

There have been no complaints received by Leicester City Local Authority over the past 5 years against teachers employed by the Local Authority, or in Local Authority maintained schools regarding the teaching of Darwinism.

The legislation allows you to use the information supplied for your own personal use. Please be aware that any commercial or other use, for example publication, sale, or redistribution may be a breach of copyright under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 as amended unless you obtain the copyright holder's prior permission.

Not all the information that is supplied which is covered by copyright will be the Council's copyright, for example it may be the copyright of a government department or another Council. You should seek either the Council's consent or their consent as appropriate. The Council is willing to advise you of any such potential issues on request. In order to make a request to re-use the information please contact me using the details below.

If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request please write to:

Information Governance

Legal Services

Leicester City Council, FREEPOST (LE985/33)

New Walk Centre,

LEICESTER LE1 6ZG

e-mail: [email address]

You can also complain to the Information Commissioner at:

Information Commissioner's Office

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow SK9 5AF

Telephone: 01625 545 700

www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk

Please be aware that the Information Commissioner does not normally consider appeals or complaints until the internal appeals and complaints processes of the public authority which is answering the request have been exhausted. You are therefore advised to complain or appeal to me at the above address before contacting the Commissioner.

Please be aware also that Information Governance acts as the single point of contact with applicants for requests for information. The above has therefore not necessarily been produced by me or my team. If you do have any concerns with the information provided in this letter please do not hesitate to contact me.

Yours sincerely

Sara Jane Owens

Information Governance Team Manager

Legal Services