EHE abuse stats

Dear Mr Blunt

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - Home Educated children & abuse
statistics

Thank you for your request for information which I acknowledge was
received by the County Council on 28th March 2009.

Your request is currently being considered. If the County Council is able
to provide you with the information you have requested, then under the
Freedom Of Information Act you are entitled to receive it within 20
working days.

For your information, the FOI Act defines a number of exemptions which may
prevent release of some or all of the information you have requested. The
County Council will assess your information request in light of the
exemptions. If exemptions do apply, then the County Council may decide
not to release all, or part, of the information you have requested. I
shall inform you if this is the case, and advise you of your rights of
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Act, is available from the Information Commissioner's Office (01625 545
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I will be in touch again shortly.

Yours sincerely

Rob Mantell
Information Officer
Knowledge and Information Management Service
Saltisford Office Park
Ansell Way
Warwick
CV34 4UL

References

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Dear Mr Blunt

INFORMATION REQUEST - Home Educated children & abuse statistics

I acknowledge your request for information received on 28th March 2009.

We can answer now is that there have been no serious case reviews or JAR
reports concerning home educated children.

I am afraid that I will not be able to deal with the remaining part as a
Freedom of Information Act request until I have some more details from
you.

Please could you therefore clarify the meaning of question A: is it the
number of home educated children who have been the subject of the "child
abuse, neglect, forced marriage, sexual exploitation or domestic
servitude" you are looking for?

If you would like to discuss this further then please do not hesitate to
contact me.

Yours sincerely

Rob Mantell
Project Leader
Knowledge and Information Management Service
Children, Young People & Families Directorate
Saltisford Office Park
Ansell Way
Warwick
CV34 4UL
01926 410410

Thank you for your email,

An officer of the Knowledge Information Management Team will respond to
your
enquiry in due course.

Please be aware that the majority of work requests to this service have a
clear
turnaround time of typically 10 days (excl. Bank holidays) from receipt of
email.

Whilst we attempt to ensure and maintain that your response will be dealt
with
efficiently and appropriately, there may be times where we will need
further
clarification from you before any work or request is actioned.

Many thanks the Knowledge Information Management Team

Dear Mr Blunt

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - Home Educated children & abuse
statistics

Your request for information has now been considered. I am able to
provide you with some of the information you have requested.

2 children have been subject to a Child Protection Plan whilst also home
educated
5 children (2 families) have been the subject of child protection
referrals

(None of these cases involved forced marriage, sexual exploitation or
domestic servitude)

We are unable to give further details on outcomes, as it may identify
individuals, see exemption Section 40 of the Freedom of Information Act
2000 on personal data.

If you have any queries or should you wish to make a complaint about the
manner in which your request is being dealt with then please do not
hesitate to contact me at the above address in the first instance. Any
complaints will be dealt with under the Council's corporate complaints
procedure.

Further information about your rights under the Freedom of Information
Act, is available from the Information Commissioner's Office (01625 545
700) or [1]www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk, and on the County Council's
website.

Yours sincerely

Rob Mantell
Project Leader
Knowledge and Information Management Service
Children, Young People & Families Directorate
Saltisford Office Park
Ansell Way
Warwick
CV34 4UL

References

Visible links
1. http://www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk/