Alternative Education Provisions within the Council

Our Ref: 3768141

10-JUN-10

Dear K Rees

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT - REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

I acknowledge your request for information received on 10-JUN-2010.

Your request is being considered and if the information requested is held
by the County Council it will be sent to you within the statutory
timescale of 20 working days as defined by the Freedom of Information Act
2000, subject to the information not being exempt or containing a
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The Information Management Team

Durham County Council

Assistant Chief Executive's Office

Room 4/10

County Hall

Durham

DH1 5UF

Tel: 0191 383 3815

Email: [1][Durham County Council request email]

Further information is also available from the Information Commissioner
at:

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Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire

SK9 5AF

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Email: [email address]

www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk

Yours sincerely

Tracy Laws

Information Management Team

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Our Ref: 3768141

28-JUN-10

Dear K Rees,

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT - RESPONSE TO REQUEST

Your request for information on alternative education provision, received
on 10-JUN-2010, has now been considered.

You requested: I am interested to find out the number of alternative
education provisions ie Pupil Referral Units, Virtual Schools, satellite
SEN provisions, currently running in your authority.

Could you please provide the name of the provision, the location, the name
of the person in charge of the provision and the current number of pupils
on roll.

I would ideally like this information for the current academic year of
09/10 but if that is not available the information for academic year of
08/09 would still be appreciated.

Our response: Durham County Council has 1 Pupil Referral Unit at Ferryhill
and the Head teacher is Karen Summerbell. The number on roll currently, is
141

I should like to advise you that if you wish to use the information we
have provided to target individuals with direct marketing materials such
as email, you need to be mindful of your obligations under the Privacy and
Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003. I therefore
strongly advise you to obtain the explicit permission of the staff
member(s) before sending an unsolicited email.

Organisations can only send unsolicited marketing by electronic mail where
the individual has specifically requested it, i.e. they have opted in.

Staff have been advised of your request and you may, in due course,
receive section 11 notices from individuals issued under the Data
Protection Act 1998 which would prohibit you from processing that
information any further. Additionally, you also need to be mindful that if
you sell, give or share any information we have provided in response to
your request to third parties, this could constitute a breach of the Data
Protection Act 1998.

If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request please contact:

The Information Management Team

Durham County Council

Assistant Chief Executive's Office

Room 4/10

County Hall

Durham

DH1 5UF

Tel: 0191 383 3815

Email: [1][Durham County Council request email]

After you have exhausted our internal appeals procedure you also have a
right of appeal to the Information Commissioner at: Information
Commissioner's Office

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire

SK9 5AF

Telephone: 01625 545 745

Fax: 01625 524 510

Email: [email address]

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Yours sincerely,

Neale Boswell

Information Management

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