15 October 2009

C.Blades

[FOI #18075 email]

Dear Mr/Ms.Blades

Thank you for your recent `Freedom of Information' (FoI) enquiry. I am pleased to be able to provide you with the following information.

Your enquiry asked that, in the light of proposed legislation emanating from the Badman Review of Elective Home Education:

(a) Has it been formally discussed by the committees of elected councillors responsible for education, children's social care, finance or any other relevant department?

No, this is a matter for designated officers.

(b) Has it been formally discussed by the officers responsible for education, children's social care, finance or any other relevant department?

Yes, this has been discussed with relevant local authority officers, including the director's management team..

(c) Have the committees responsible for education, children's social care, finance or any other relevant department taken part in the Government consultation into the proposed legislation, which ends on 19 October 2009?

No.

(d) Have the unelected local authority officers responsible for education, children's social care, finance or any other relevant department taken part in the Government consultation into the proposed legislation, which ends on 19 October 2009?

Yes.

(e) If the councillors or officers have not taken part in the consultation, are they planning to do so?

Not applicable.

I trust that the information above is sufficient to meet your requirements. Should any clarification of this information be required, please contact the officer whose name and details appear at the head of this response.

Should any fresh question(s) arise as a result of your enquiry, however, this/these will need to be addressed via a new FoI enquiry at [Islington Borough Council request email]

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Yours sincerely,

Sandra Bingham

Service Director, Children's Championj

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