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Mr. Paul Perrin Date: 27 October 2009

[FOI #21469 email]

Ref: 13102

Dear Mr. Perrin,

Thank you for your e-mail dated 21 October 2009 in which you request information regarding the prosecution of the fathers of children given birth by minors under the age of sixteen and which proportion of these babies are raised using tax payer funded benefits.

I have established that this information is not held by the Home Office; this information is the responsibility of the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) who can be contacted at: -

Address: Ministry of Justice
102 Petty France
London
SW1H 9AJ
Email: [email address]

If you are dissatisfied with this response you may request an independent internal review of our handling of your request by submitting your complaint to:

Information Access Team
Information Management Service
Home Office
4th Floor, Seacole Building
2 Marsham Street
London
SW1P 4DF

During the independent review the department's handling of your information request will be reassessed by staff who were not involved in providing you with this response. Should you remain dissatisfied after this internal review, you will have a right of complaint to the Information Commissioner as established by section 50 of the Freedom of Information Act.

Yours sincerely

Peter Zebedee

Customer Liaison Team

Information Management Service