Dear Ms Daley

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - INFORMATION REQUEST

Thank you for your email received on 07 July in which you requested information regarding electively home educated children and care plans.

Your request has been considered and the information requested is below:

 1. Number of electively home educated children known to your LA.

45

2. Number of electively home educated children who have a care plan in place due to concerns of abuse.

None

3. Total number of all children in your LA

Section 21 provides for the exemption of information which is reasonably accessible to an applicant by another means. In this instance the information in response to this question can be found on our website at the following link:

http://www.hackney.gov.uk/xp-factsandfigures-mye.htm

4. Total number of children who have a care plan in place due to concerns of abuse.

As of 30 June 2009, there were 205 children in Hackney subject to child protection plans.

Please note the information is still covered by copyright legislation. You are not authorised to re-use this information for commercial or research purposes as defined by the Re-Use of Public Sector Regulations 2005. If you do wish to re-use this information please contact the Information Governance Team, 6-15 Florfield Road, Hackney London E8 1DT.

If you are dissatisfied with this response and wish to appeal, please write to the Information Governance Team, Appeals, 6-15 Florfield Road, Hackney London E8 1DT and your complaint will be dealt with through our Internal Review procedure.

If you are still not satisfied following the Internal Review, you have a right to appeal to the Information Commissioner. He can be contacted at:

Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF 
Telephone: 01625 545 700
www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk

Yours sincerely 

Tat-Pheng Lay 

Freedom of Information Assistant