Education Counsellors Supporting Pupils in Education Information

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Suffolk County Council
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Ipswich IP1 2BX
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Dear C McEwan

Thank you for your Freedom of Information (FOI) request received on 5 June
2009 regarding Education Counsellors.

Your request is being dealt with under the terms of the Freedom of
Information Act 2000, and has been given the reference FOI 1798. Please
quote this reference if you need to contact us further.

Kindest regards

Information Compliance Helpdesk
Suffolk County Council
Endeavour House
Russell Road
Ipswich
IP1 2BX

Tel: 01473 264618
Email: [email address]
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Dear C McEwan

Please accept our sincere apologies for the delay. Unfortunately, due to
unprecedented levels of staff absence, we have only just been asked to
secure clarification of your request. We are sorry for being unable to get
back to you sooner and will be pleased to process your request as a matter
of urgency upon receipt your response.
In order to help us best answer your request, we would be very grateful if
you could clarify what is meant by "Education Counsellors". We have a
range of staff who are employed to support pupils in education including;
Education Welfare Officers, Education Psychologist, Advisory Teachers,
Education Other Than at School Officers and Home Education Officers.
We hope you understand our need for this clarification but please contact
us if you have any queries. We look forward to hearing from you.

Kindest regards

Information Compliance Helpdesk
Suffolk County Council
Endeavour House
Russell Road
Ipswich
IP1 2BX

Tel: 01473 264618
Email: [email address]
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Dear C McEwan

Further to our email below, we regret that we are unable to progress your
request without the clarification required. Can we please ask that you let
us have this by 4 September 2009. Unfortunately, if it has not been
received by that date, we will have to assume that you no longer wish to
receive the information and close the request.

We hope you understand our need for this clarification and look forward to
hearing from you soon.

Kindest regards

Information Compliance Helpdesk
Suffolk County Council
Endeavour House
Russell Road
Ipswich
IP1 2BX

Tel: 01473 264618
Email: [1][email address]
Web: [2]www.suffolkcc.gov.uk

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Thank you for your correspondence with Suffolk County Council's
Information Compliance Helpdesk.

We deal with all requests made to the Council under the Data Protection
Act (1998), Freedom of Information Act (2000) and Environmental
Information Regulations (2004), as well as answering general information
governance enquiries.

We will be pleased to get back to you as soon as possible.

Kind regards.

Information Compliance Helpdesk
Suffolk County Council
Endeavour House
8 Russell Road
Ipswich IP1 2BX
Tel.: 01473 264618

E-mail: [1][email address]

Emails sent to and from this organisation will be monitored in accordance
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security risks.
The information contained in this email or any of its attachments may
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Dear C McEwan

Please accept our sincere apologies for the lateness in responding to your
Freedom of Information (FOI) request received on 5 June 2009. Your
request was as follows:

Request:
1. Does your Local Authority presently employ Education Counsellors*
(rather than `buying in' such a service from an external provider)?
2. If the answer to Question 1 is `yes', please state for each Education
Counsellor employed by the Local Authority:
o Whether they have been deemed to be eligible to join the Teachers
Pension Scheme and
o The date when they joined the Teachers Pension Scheme
o Whether they are employed on Teachers Terms and Conditions of Employment
3. If your Local Authority does not presently employ Education Counsellors
have they done so in the past?
4. If the answer to Question 3 is `yes', please state for each School
Counsellor employed by the Local Authority since 31 March 2004:
o Whether they were deemed to be eligible to join the Teachers Pension
Scheme and
o When they joined the Teachers Pension Scheme
* Education Counsellors meaning those employed to support pupils in
education

Response:

1. Suffolk County Council does not presently employ anybody in schools
with the job title Education Counsellor
2. N/A
3. Suffolk County Council has not employed anybody in a school with the
job title Education Counsellor since 31 March 2004
4. N/A

If you are unhappy with this response to your request for information, you
can ask for an internal review of the decision. Please write to the
Information Compliance Helpdesk asking for an internal review at the
address below.

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If you are dissatisfied with the outcome of the review, you have the right
to ask the Information Commissioner to make a decision on your request for
information.

The Information Commissioner's address is:

Wycliff House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire SK9 5AF

Telephone: (01625) 545700
Website: [2]http://www.ico.gov.uk

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If you have any queries about this letter, please contact us quoting the
FOI reference number 1798.

Kindest regards

Information Compliance Helpdesk
Suffolk County Council
Endeavour House
Russell Road
Ipswich
IP1 2BX

Tel: 01473 264618
Email: [email address]
Web: [3]www.suffolkcc.gov.uk

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