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Mark Walker made this Freedom of Information request to Lancashire County Council
The request was successful.
From: Mark Walker
11 January 2010
Dear Sir or Madam,
By letter of 30 September 2009, The Secretary of State Ed Balls
appointed Maurice Smith to enquire into the "promotion of racism in
schools". Part of the review is aimed at determining whether
members of the British National Party (BNP) should be allowed to
work as teachers or in the wider school workforce.
At present there are a number of measures and safeguards in place
in place to protect children and young people in schools from
racially motivated discrimination and the promotion of political
doctrines that advocate discrimination and promote racist views.
These are:
• The requirement on schools to have equal opportunity policies
• The duty upon schools to promote racial equality
• Their duty to promote community cohesion
• The duty on governing bodies, headteachers and local authorities
to forbid the teaching of partisan political activities in schools
• The powers of the GTC (England) regarding suitability of
registration and where teacher conduct could bring the profession
into disrepute
I would like you to provide me with evidence of how effective these
measures are including whether they are sufficient to maintain
trust in the profession and protect children and young people.
Please provide the following information under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000.
1) What evidence is there that schools’ equal opportunity policies
are effective in combating racism?
2) What are schools in your area doing to promote racial equality
and promote community cohesion? Examples of measures deemed to be
good practice and recognised as being successful would be useful.
3) Can you provide me with any evidence that the measures listed
above have been effective (if this has not already been done)?
4) Are further measures required to either maintain trust in the
teaching profession or protect children and young people?
Yours sincerely
Mark Walker
Solidarity Trade Union
www.solidaritytradeunion.org
From: Freedom of Information
Lancashire County Council
11 January 2010
Dear Mr Walker,
Request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000
We are writing to acknowledge receipt of your email dated 11^th January
2010, in which you request the disclosure of information under the
provisions of the above Act.
We have begun a search for the information you require and shall contact
you again when we are in a position to respond further. Should we envisage
any delays, or require more details from you, we will contact you
immediately.
In the meantime, if you have any queries about the above, do not hesitate
to contact us, quoting ref. RFI 021/2010.
Yours sincerely,
Freedom of Information | Access to Information Team
Lancashire County Council, PO Box 78,
County Hall, Preston, PR1 8XJ
Tel: 01772 533997 | Fax: 01772 530949
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From: Freedom of Information
Lancashire County Council
3 February 2010
Dear Mr Walker,
Request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000
Further to your email dated 11^th January 2010, in which you request the
disclosure of information under the provisions of the above Act, we are
now in a position to respond.
Please see the attached document in response to your request.
We trust that our response is to your satisfaction, but in the event that
you wish to complain about the manner in which your enquiry has been
handled, you should write in the first instance to The Freedom of
Information Officer, Lancashire County Council, PO Box 78, County Hall,
Preston PR1 8XJ, or email [1][Lancashire County Council request email]
If, after this stage, you remain dissatisfied, you have the right to refer
the matter to the Information Commissioner, whose contact details are as
follows:
The Information Commissioner
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Tel: 01625 545700
Email: [2][email address]
Website: [3]http://www.ico.gov.uk
Your request will now be closed as of this date.
Yours sincerely
Freedom of Information
Lancashire County Council
PO Box 78
County Hall
Preston
PR1 8XJ
Tel: (01772) 531116
Fax: (01772) 530949
Email: [4][Lancashire County Council request email]
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