Alleged Campaigns

Our reference: 1817 FOI

Dear Alison Edgley,

Thank you for your email received on 24 January 2010 in which you
requested the following information:

During 2009, the Department for Children, Schools and Families
(DCSF) claimed that two related campaigns were being conducted.

1. A campaign to vilify Graham Badman, author of a report into
home education.

2. A campaign to inundate the DCSF with Freedom of Information
requests.

Recent comments by a senior official in the DCSF suggested that
these alleged campaigns might have spread to include local
authorities.

I would like you to provide me with the following information.

First, please confirm whether or not you have observed these
alleged campaigns.

Second, please confirm whether or not you have exchanged any
correspondence with the DCSF regarding these alleged campaigns.

Finally, if you have exchanged correspondence with the DCSF on
this issue then please provide me with copies of that
correspondence.

The Freedom of Information Act 2000 provides a general right of access to
all types of recorded information held by a public authority. Oxfordshire
County Council holds no recorded information related to your request.

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Rachel Skeet
Complaints and FOI Officer

Oxfordshire County Council
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