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Elizabeth Thomson made this Freedom of Information request to Barking and Dagenham Borough Council

Barking and Dagenham Borough Council did not have the information requested.

From: Elizabeth Thomson

11 May 2011

Dear Barking & Dagenham Borough Council,

I am writing to request information under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000

I would like to request copies of all correspondence between your
Local Education Authority and the Centre for Intelligent Design.
The Centre for Intelligent Design is an independent organisation
established in 2010, headquartered in Glasgow, and operational
throughout a network of volunteers across the UK. The address of
the Glasgow Headquarters is:

The Centre for Intelligent Design
The Wheatsheaf
Speirs Wharf
Glasgow

The organisation’s President is Professor Norman Nevin OBE; the
Vice-president is Dr. David Galloway and the Director is Dr.
Alastair Noble.

I would be interested to know the following:

a) If teaching Resources or literature of any kind produced by the
Centre for Intelligent Design has been sent to any schools? If so I
would like details - i.e. what volume of resources have been
received as well as the content of those resources.

b) If resources have been received from the Centre for Intelligent
Design, have they been used in teaching?

c) If any representatives from the Centre for Intelligent Design
have visited any schools to speak to students or teachers?

d) If any schools under your Local Authority have invited
representatives from the Centre for Intelligent design into the
school to speak to teachers and/or students?

If you require further clarification please contact me. I would
like to receive the information electronically if possible.

Yours Sincerely,

Elizabeth Thomson.

Yours faithfully,

Elizabeth Thomson

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From: Fenn Michael
Barking and Dagenham Borough Council

7 June 2011

Dear Elizabeth Thomson

Request for information LBBD:53998

Thank you for your request for information about our correspondence with
The Centre for Intelligent Design

The information is not held by this Council but should be held by the
individual schools, the below link will take you to a list of all the
schools in the borough along with their contact details;

[1]http://www.lbbd.gov.uk/Education/Schools...

I am sorry I am unable to help you further.

If you are not satisfied with the way that I have dealt with your request
you can make a complaint by writing to the Corporate Complaints & FOI
Team, Room 104, Town Hall, 1 Town Square, Barking IG11 7LU. Alternatively
you can make your complaint on-line at [2]www.barking-dagenham.gov.uk or
you can e-mail your complaint to [3][Barking and Dagenham Borough Council request email].

If you are still not satisfied, after following our Corporate Complaints
procedure, you can take your complaint to the Information Commissioner.
Full details of how to do this will be made available on request.

Yours sincerely

Michael Fenn | Complaints & Information Officer

London Borough of Barking and Dagenham | Room 218 Barking Town
Hall | Barking, Essex | IG11 7LU

Phone: 020 8227 2619 | Fax: 020 8227 2324

Email: Michael.Fenn[4]@lbbd.gov.uk | [5]www.barking-dagenham.gov.uk

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