Dear Mr Cassidy
 
Thank you for your request for information made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.  We have answered your questions in the order they were raised.
 
1) I am pleased to provide the attached email strings in answer to your request.
 
2) I have been advised that we do not hold any copies of minutes of meetings in connection with the KKBA UASC Reform Programme or the LGA UASC Reform Steering Group.
 

I hope this satisfies your request. If you have a query with the information provided, please contact me on 01622 696692. However, if you are unhappy with this response, and believe KCC has not complied with legislation, please ask for a review by following our complaints process; details can be found at this link http://www.kent.gov.uk/council-and-democracy/about-the-council/contact-us/complaints-procedure.htm#foi on our website. Please quote reference FOI/09/296.

 

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Best regards

Michelle Hunt
Access to Information Co-ordinator
Communication & Information Governance
Children, Families & Education Directorate
Kent County Council
Room 2.35, Sessions House
Maidstone, Kent, ME14 1XQ
External: 01622 696692
Internal: 7000 6692
Email: xxxxxxxx.xxxx@xxxx.xxx.xx

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Cassidy, J [mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx]
Sent: 20 March 2009 16:19
To: Freedom of Information - CED
Subject: Freedom of Information request - UASC Reform, Minutes and emails to and from Karen Goodman

     Dear Sir or Madam,

     Can you please send me an electronic copy of:

     1) All the emails to and from Karen Goodman and anyone within and
     representing the UKBA UASC Reform Programme and the LGA UASC Reform
     Steering Group, over the past 12 months.

     1.1 Including attachments

     2) Copies of any Minutes of meetings held, in connection with the
     UKBA UASC Reform Programme and The LGA UASC Reform Steering Group

     Examples of what is being requested:

     The LGA UASC Reform Steering Group

     http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/8153/response/21278/attach/5/UASC%20Reform%20Steering%20Group%20%2022%20October%2008%20action%20points.doc.txt
     and
     http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/8153/response/21278/attach/3/Draft%20revised%20UASC%20Reform%20Steering%20Group%20TorR.doc.txt

     Emails:

     http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/8153/response/21278/attach/html/11/POST%20WORKING%20GRPOUP%20%20.pdf.html

     Please ensure that any of your general correspondence,
     acknowledgements or holding letters etc are included or
     cut-and-pasted into the body of the email messages, using plain
     text, rather than as attachments. As this will mean your
     correspondence is much easier to access, read and respond to.

     Accessibility:

     When providing any information disclosures please provide it in the
     original unrestricted format such as:

     a. MS Word .doc or Rich Text Text .rtf format or equivalent

     b. Plain text .txt format (suitable for the text/body of emails)

     c.Spreadsheets in MS Excel .xls format or equivalent

     d.Presentations in MS Powerpoint .ppt format or equivalent

     or converted to Portable Document Format (PDF), ONLY if none of the
     above formats are available

     if you only have a paper version (hard copy) available, please
     provide a Digital Photo Copier Scanned version in PDF format.

     Please ensure any electronic disclosures are absolutely free of any
     Document Restrictions and Encryption or Passwords, as this is
     likely to render them less usable on a general basis and more
     specifically, inaccessible to Assistive Technology.

     Providing correspondence and disclosed information via these means
     will also help ensure that text based information is accessible for
     use with a Screen Reader or a Magnifier for none text based
     information. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screen_reader>

     Yours faithfully

     Cassidy, J

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