Changes to levels of Welsh-Medium provision in secondary schools

Dear Ms. Morris

Thank you for your request for information, which was received on 21st
October, 2011 and is being dealt with under the Freedom of Information
Act 2000/Environmental Information Regulations 2004. We are therefore
required to provide you with a response within 20 working days, which
will be on or before 18th November, 2011.

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John Tillman

Swyddog Gwybodaeth a Diogelu Data

Adran y Prif Weithredwr

Cyngor Sir Gaerfyrddin

Information & Data Protection Officer

Chief Executive's Department

Carmarthenshire County Council

Mewnol/Internal: 4127

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Dear Ms Morris,

I refer to your request for information, which was received on 21st
October, 2011 and has been dealt with under the Freedom of Information
Act 2000.

The specific information you requested was as follows:

"Could you please supply any documents from your Education Department
pertaining to considerations, recommendations or proposals to change the
level of English or Welsh-medium provision in any secondary schools in
Carmarthenshire."

In response, the information you require is contained within two
documents. The first is attached above.

The other relevant document is published by the Council on its website
and may be accessed via the following link:

http://online.carmarthenshire.gov.uk/age...

Under Section 21 of the Freedom of Information Act, a public authority
is not obliged to provide information which is already reasonably
accessible to the applicant, which in the case the information requested
by you, is via a website, as explained above.

As I am not providing some of the information you have requested on the
basis that it is already available online, I am required under Section
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information. Please therefore consider this email be a formal notice of
refusal.

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Yours sincerely

John Tillman
Swyddog Gwybodaeth a Diogelu Data
Adran y Prif Weithredwr
Cyngor Sir Gaerfyrddin

Information & Data Protection Officer
Chief Executive's Department
Carmarthenshire County Council

Mewnol/Internal: 4127
Allanol/External: 01267 224127

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