AYLESBURY VALE DISTRICT COUNCIL
www.aylesburyvaledc.gov.uk
OFFICIAL RESPONSE TO FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST
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Request Reference
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Date Received on 13th October 2009
Reply Due by 10th November 2009
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23rd October 2009
Question asked (as phrased by customer)
AVDC response
Dear Mrs Docherty
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Thank you for your information request. I
From: Mrs Docherty [mailto:request-20944-
can confirm that to date,
no individuals have
[email address]]
Sent: 13 October 2009 20:35
been taken to court by our authority in-order
To: Data_Protection
to gag them. The response to questions (b) –
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Gagging (f) is therefore a ‘nil’ return.
Orders in Secret Family Courts
Dear Sir or Madam,
Should you have any further requests email
[Aylesbury Vale District Council request email] or write to
In the wake of the people speaking out
the address below.
against the abuses of the
secret family courts and forced adoption of
Regards
children to strangers,
instead of being retained within their real
Karen McMahon
natural families. I
On behalf of the Head of IT
would like to know how your authority
compares to others in
IT Division
fulfilling your responsibilities to families Aylesbury Vale District Council
& their children.
4 Great Western Street
(a) How many individuals have been taken to
Aylesbury
court by your authority
Bucks, HP20 2TW
in-order to gag them. To stop them from
speaking out about the
injustices they have suffered at the hands
of the council
children's social services and secret family
courts. Provide all
records to-date that are held.
(b) How much did these gagging order
injunctions cost the rate
payer.
(c) Who is responsible for actioning these
enforcement orders by
the council, i.e. who signs the applications
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(d) How many parents /relatives/individuals
have received further
sanctions for breaking these gagging orders.
(e) Are any of these decisions to
gag/sanction taken by unelected
local authority officers responsible for
children’s social care,
finance, legal or any other relevant
department.
(f) If councillors make these decisions at
which meeting(s) are
these discussed.
Yours faithfully,
Mrs Docherty
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records themselves. Sometimes this can be most efficiently achieved by providing copies of the original documents. On other
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of the material may be reproduced under the fair dealing provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (sections 29 and 30) for the
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