Alleged Campaigns

stephen gregory made this Freedom of Information request to South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council

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From: stephen gregory

23 January 2010

Dear South Tyneside Borough Council,

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.

Yours faithfully,

stephen gregory

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From: Muriel Hurst
South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council

25 January 2010

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Muriel Hurst
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South Tyneside Council
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From: Muriel Hurst
South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council

25 January 2010

Muriel Hurst would like to recall the message, "FOI.10.6177 - Stephen
Gregory".

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From: Muriel Hurst
South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council

25 January 2010

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Muriel Hurst
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Records Management Team
South Tyneside Council
Tel: 0191 424 6539
email: [email address]

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publish, disseminate or disclose it to anyone else.

E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as it
could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or
incomplete, or contain viruses and therefore the Council accept no
liability for any such errors or omissions.

Unless explicitly stated otherwise views or opinions expressed in this
email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent
those of the Council and are not intended to be legally binding.

All Council network traffic and GCSX traffic may be subject to recording
and/or monitoring in accordance with relevant legislation.

South Tyneside Council, Town Hall & Civic Offices, Westoe Road, South
Shields, Tyne & Wear, NE33 2RL, Tel: 0191 427 1717, Website:
[1]www.southtyneside.info

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From: foi
South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council

25 January 2010

Dear Stephen

Your FOI Request was received by South Tyneside Council on 25th January
2010.

I now write to confirm that a decision about your request will be made
within the next 20 working days, if not sooner from the date we received
your request. Should there be any delays or discrepancies with your
request then this will be communicated to you in due course.

If you have any further queries regarding this matter then please do not
hesitate to contact me

Regards

Muriel Hurst

Clerical Assistant

Records Management Team

South Tyneside Council

Tel: 0191 424 6539

email: [email address]

This email and any files transmitted with it are intended solely for the
named recipient and may contain sensitive, confidential or protectively
marked material up to the central government classification of
"RESTRICTED" which must be handled accordingly. If you have received this
e-mail in error, please immediately notify the sender by e-mail and delete
from your system, unless you are the named recipient (or authorised to
receive it for the recipient) you are not permitted to copy, use, store,
publish, disseminate or disclose it to anyone else.

E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as it
could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or
incomplete, or contain viruses and therefore the Council accept no
liability for any such errors or omissions.

Unless explicitly stated otherwise views or opinions expressed in this
email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent
those of the Council and are not intended to be legally binding.

All Council network traffic and GCSX traffic may be subject to recording
and/or monitoring in accordance with relevant legislation.

South Tyneside Council, Town Hall & Civic Offices, Westoe Road, South
Shields, Tyne & Wear, NE33 2RL, Tel: 0191 427 1717, Website:
[1]www.southtyneside.info

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