BNP Teachers

Dear Mr Walker,

Freedom of Information Request: Reference  810002106

I acknowledge your request for information received on 15.12.2009.

This information request will be dealt with in accordance with the Freedom
of Information Act 2000 and we will send the response by 15.01.2010.

Your request is being dealt with by Feedback and Information Team.

If you have any queries please contact:

Feedback and Information Team

Haringey Council

River Park House

225 High Road

London N22 8HQ

Tel: 020 8489 2552

Fax: 020 8489 3992

Yours sincerely,

Ms Sirkku Pietikäinen

Feedback and Information Officer

Feedback and Information Team

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Dear Mr Walker,

Freedom of Information Request: Reference 810002106

Thank you for your request for information dated 15 December 2009, in
which you asked for the following:

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?

We have considered your request and our view is that we do not hold the
information you requested.

The Freedom of Information Act gives people the right to access
information that is held on record by public authorities. If we have
records containing the information that you are seeking, we must provide a
copy of those records to you (unless one of the exemptions within the Act
applies). If we do not have the information on record, there is no
obligation to provide it to you. We are not obliged to create records
simply because an FOI request has been received. The Act also does not
give people a right to be given answers to questions that they would like
to put to a local authority. We do not have the information you have
requested recorded and so are unable to respond to your request. I
apologise for the delay in our response to you.

Individual schools may have addressed the effectiveness of equal
opportunities policies in their Self Evaluation Forms and or School
Development Plans and might (or might not) be able to provide evidence of
this if you approach them directly.

This letter is a refusal notice as required by the Freedom of Information
Act.

If you have any further queries, or are unhappy with how we have dealt
with your request and wish to make a complaint or request an Internal
Review, please contact the Feedback and Information Team as below.

Feedback and Information Team

River Park House

225 High Road

N22 8HQ

Telephone: 020 8489 2550

Fax: 020 8489 3992

Email: [email address]

You may also complain to the Information Commissioner's office, who may
be able to help you. However they would normally expect the local
authority to have undertaken a complaint investigation or Internal Review
of the request before they will accept the referral. You can contact the
Commissioner at:

Postal address: Information Commissioner

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire

SK9 5AF
Phone help line: 0845 6306060, or 01625 545745
Fax: 01625 545510
Website: www.ico.gov.uk

Yours Sincerely,

Sue Dyos

Senior Feedback & Information Officer

Feedback and Information Team

Haringey Council

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