16 April 2009

Dear Mrs Batchelor,

Re: Your request for information: 3672

Thank you for your request for information received on 28 March 2009 in which you requested:

Under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act I would like to know:

1) The number of persons in the local authority of compulsory school age who are, or claimed to be, Electively Home Educated and

who have been either suspected or found to be involved in child abuse, child neglect, forced marriage, sexual exploitation or domestic servitude.

2) How many (if any) Serious Case Reviews or Joint Area Reviews have reported with respect to Home Educated children in the LA.

In answer to your questions:

This information is being provided as a statutory obligation under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

You are free to use the information provided for your own purposes, including any non-commercial research you are doing and for the purposes of news reporting. Any other re-use, for example commercial publication, requires the permission of the copyright holder. You may apply for permission to re-use this information by submitting a request to [Southwark Borough Council request email]; you can find details on these arrangements at http://www.southwark.gov.uk/YourCouncil/Copyright. Detailed advice about the Reuse of Public Sector Information Regulations (PSI) 2005 is available from the Office of Public Sector Information at: http://www.opsi.gov.uk/advice/index.htm.

If you have any queries or concerns then please contact us using the above details.

If you are unhappy with the service you have received in relation to your request and wish to make an appeal for a review of our decision, you should write to the Corporate Access Information Manager at:

Corporate Access Information Manager

Southwark Council

Room 3.12

Town Hall

Peckham Road

London SE1 9AJ

Email: [Southwark Borough Council request email]

If you are not content with the outcome of your appeal you may apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. Generally, the Information Commissioner cannot make a decision unless you have first exhausted our internal appeal procedure and you should contact him within 2 months of the outcome of your internal appeal.

Further information on the Freedom of Information Act is available through the Information Commissioner at the:

Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire.

SK9 5AF
Telephone: 01625 545 700
Internet: www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk

Yours sincerely,

Sean Harrington

Information Governance Officer - Children's Services