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Adoptions
Melizza Moore made this Freedom of Information request to Midlothian Council
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From: Melizza Moore
22 June 2010
Dear Midlothian Council,
I would like to know how many children have been forcibly adopted
(against parental consent and wishes) since 2006
Yours faithfully,
Melizza Moore
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Midlothian Council
22 June 2010
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From: Hamish Fraser
Midlothian Council
16 July 2010
I refer to your recent request for information and the response from
Midlothian Council is attached.
Hamish Fraser
Performance & Information Systems Manager
Midlothian Council
Tel : 0131 271 3639
Fax : 0131 271 3624
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From: Melizza Moore
19 July 2010
Dear Hamish Fraser,
So holds this information then? Scotland is not that big!. I hope
this is not an attempt to "fob me off with false information". So
if you do not know, find me an individual who can tell me these
details please.
Yours sincerely,
Melizza Moore
From: Hamish Fraser
Midlothian Council
19 July 2010
Dear Ms Moore
My response to you is not an attempt to provide you with false information or fob you off.
As I state in the third paragraph of my response: -
"the term "forcible adoption’ has no legal meaning and is not a term that anyone working in this field would recognise. A distinction can be made only between adoptions where relinquishing birth parents have given their consent and where they have not. This does not equate to a ‘forcible adoption’."
If you wish us to provide you with information relating to adoptions where relinquishing birth parents have given their consent and where they have not then we will endeavour to provide this information to you. Please advise me if this is what you are looking for.
An applicant who is dissatisfied with the way in which Midlothian Council has dealt with his/her request for information under section 1(1) of the FOISA, may, by virtue of section 20 of the FOISA, require Midlothian Council to review its actions and/or decisions in relation to that request.
Hamish Fraser
Performance & Information Systems Manager
Midlothian Council
Tel : 0131 271 3639
Fax : 0131 271 3624
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From: Melizza Moore
19 July 2010
Dear Hamish Fraser,
Both, adoption is adoption in the end. I do not know of many birth
parents who actally WIN against a L.A even with the finest legal
representation in the land. If adoption is the end action.
Yours sincerely,
Melizza Moore
From: Hamish Fraser
Midlothian Council
22 July 2010
Dear Ms Moore
Thank you for providing clarification and we will endeavour to provide you with the number of adoptions that were made in 2006/07, 2007/08, 2008/09 and 2009/10 and of these how many were made with the consent of the birth parents. Please note that each year will run from 1st April to 31st March the following year e'g' 1st April 2006 to 31st March 2007.
Please also note that I have logged this as a new request on our tracking system.
Hamish Fraser
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From: Melizza Moore [[FOI #39198 email]]
Sent: 19 July 2010 17:31
To: Hamish Fraser
Subject: RE: Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002
Dear Hamish Fraser,
Both, adoption is adoption in the end. I do not know of many birth
parents who actally WIN against a L.A even with the finest legal
representation in the land. If adoption is the end action.
Yours sincerely,
Melizza Moore
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From: Hamish Fraser
Midlothian Council
27 July 2010
I refer to your recent request for information.
Please find attached the response from Midlothian Council.
Hamish Fraser
Performance & Information Systems Manager
Midlothian Council
Tel : 0131 271 3639
Fax : 0131 271 3624
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