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City Tower
Piccadilly Plaza
Manchester
M1 4BE
Tel: 0161 952 4337
Fax: 0161 952 4106
Christine.whittingham@gonw.gsi.gov.uk
Lorna Stewart
18 September 2009
Your Ref: request-17945-e7f76085@whatdotheyknow
Our Ref: F0001855
Dear Lorna,
Thank you for your request of 17th September 2009 seeking information about children under 16 who had been sexually molested or sexually abused in Cumbria in 2004/5.
Requests for information are processed according to 3 Rights of Access laws, briefly explained below:
Data Protection Act 1998 enables you to access information held about you (for example your own education, medical records, credit reference files, personnel file etc.)
Environmental Information Regulations 2004 enable you to access environmental information relating to air, water, land, natural sites, flora and fauna, the built environment, the food chain and health. It also covers information relating to decisions or activities affecting, or likely to affect any of these.
Freedom of Information Act 2000 gives you the general right of access to all types of `recorded' information held by public authorities, including Government Offices.
Unless the information requested is specifically exempt from release by the laws governing these pieces of legislation you have the right to know if the information exists and have it supplied upon request.
Your enquiry is being considered according to the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. A response should be despatched to you no later than 15 October 2009.
In some circumstances a fee may be chargeable and if that is the case, I will let you know the likely charges before proceeding.
If you have any queries regarding this letter, please contact me. Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future communications.
Yours sincerely
C Whittingham
