R Soles [mailto:request-9160-
[email address]]
Cafcass
6th Floor Sanctuary Buildings
Great Smith Street
London
SW1P 3BT
Your ref: CAF204
Our ref: JJ/CAF204
Tel: 0844 353 3317
Date: 23rd March 2009
Fax 0844 353 3398
Dear R Soles
Re: Freedom of Information Request
Thank you for your recent requests, which were received on Tuesday 10th March 2009:
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Charity "Common Purpose"; meaning the training organisation of that
name:http://www.commonpurpose.org/home.aspx
On a yearly basis from 2000 onwards, unless of course money was paid to Common Purpose
from an earlier period, in which case please include information from the earlier period.
1. Name all employees who have attended a Common Purpose course?
2. How much money has been paid to this organisation?
3. Please provide copies of invoices/receipts.
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Can you please confirm if CAFCASS has a policy of being open, honest, transparent and
accountable.
Please see below:
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Charity "Common Purpose"; meaning the training organisation of that
name:http://www.commonpurpose.org/home.aspx
On a yearly basis from 2000 onwards, unless of course money was paid to Common Purpose
from an earlier period, in which case please include information from the earlier period.
1. Name all employees who have attended a Common Purpose course?
2. How much money has been paid to this organisation?
3. Please provide copies of invoices/receipts.
Cafcass have not had training from the Charity Common Purpose.
Baroness Valerie Howarth Chair
Anthony Douglas CBE Chief Executive
Cafcass, The Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service, is a non-departmental public body of the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF)
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Can you please confirm if CAFCASS has a policy of being open, honest, transparent and
accountable.
Cafcass have a Freedom of information Policy and an Information Charter which can be found on the
Cafcass website:
http://www.cafcass.gov.uk/system_page/freedom_of_information.aspx.
If you are unhappy with the decisions made in relation to your request, you may ask for an internal
review to be undertaken. If you are dissatisfied with the way the internal review is handled or with the
final decision made at that review about the information released, you are free to contact the
Information Commissioner’s office (www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk)
Post
Fax
Information Commissioner's Office
01625 524 510
Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Yours sincerely,
Miss Jasvinder Jassal
Corporate Governance Officer
[email address]
Baroness Valerie Howarth Chair
Anthony Douglas CBE Chief Executive
Cafcass, The Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service, is a non-departmental public body of the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF)
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