3 July 2009

Dear Ms Daley,

Re: Your request for information: 3924

Thank you for your request for information received on 6 June 2009 in which you requested:

Please supply me with the following information:

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

As of April 2009 there were 87 children recorded as being home educated within the London Borough of Southwark.

This information is being provided as a statutory obligation under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and the Data Protection Act 1998.

You are free to use the information provided for your own purposes, including any non-commercial research you are doing and for the purposes of news reporting. Any other re-use, for example commercial publication, requires the permission of the copyright holder. You may apply for permission to re-use this information by submitting a request to [Southwark Borough Council request email]; you can find details on these arrangements at http://www.southwark.gov.uk/YourCouncil/Copyright. Detailed advice about the Reuse of Public Sector Information Regulations (PSI) 2005 is available from the Office of Public Sector Information at: http://www.opsi.gov.uk/advice/index.htm.

If you have any queries or concerns then please contact us using the above details.

If you are unhappy with the service you have received in relation to your request and wish to make an appeal for a review of our decision, you should write to the Corporate Access Information Manager at:

Corporate Access Information Manager

Southwark Council

Room 3.12

Town Hall

Peckham Road

London SE1 9AJ

Email: [Southwark Borough Council request email]

If you are not content with the outcome of your appeal you may apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. Generally, the Information Commissioner cannot make a decision unless you have first exhausted our internal appeal procedure and you should contact him within 2 months of the outcome of your internal appeal.

Further information on the Freedom of Information Act is available through the Information Commissioner at the:

Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire.

SK9 5AF
Telephone: 01625 545 700
Internet: www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk

Yours sincerely,

Sean Harrington

Information Governance Officer - Children's Services