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Response by Department for Children, Schools and Families to Matt Hupfield on 23 April 2009.
All information sent by Department for Children, Schools and Families to Shena Deuchars on 26 August 2009.
Internal review acknowledgement by Birmingham City Council to Lynn Daley on 15 May 2009.
EHE Review by Graham Badman
Lynn Daley made this Freedom of Information request to Department for Children, Schools and Families
The request was refused by Department for Children, Schools and Families.
Lynn Daley
2 April 2009
Dear Sir or Madam,
I would like a copy of the answers to the 60 question response that
Birmingham LA provided to yourselves in answer to Mr Badman's
review, which were posted here:
http://www.myopinion.org.uk/dcsf/homeedu....
I have asked B'ham LA for this information but they claim that they
were unable to save or print it, therefore the only copy rests with
yourselves.
Yours faithfully,
Lynn Daley
Department for Children, Schools and Families
3 April 2009
Dear Lynn
Thank you for your recent email. A reply will be sent to you as soon as
possible. For information, the departmental standard for correspondence
received is that responses should be sent within 20 working days as you
are requesting information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Your correspondence has been allocated the reference number
2009/0031146.
Thank you.
Central Allocation Team
Public Communications Team
Tel: 0870 0002288
www.dcsf.gov.uk
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Department for Children, Schools and Families
1 May 2009
Dear Ms Daley,
Thank you for your email request which we received on 2 April for a copy
of Birmingham local authority's response to a questionnaire sent to all
local authorities in respect of the independent review of home education.
In response to your request I can now advise you that the information you
have requested is being withheld under the Freedom of Information Act
2000. The exemptions which apply to this information are: sections 36 (2)
(b and c) of the Freedom of Information Act. I can confirm that we hold
information falling within the terms of your request.
Qualified Exemptions - requiring a public interest test
Section 36 is engaged because the disclosure of the information would, or
would be likely to, prejudice the effective conduct of public affairs and
inhibit the free and frank provision of advice and exchange of views for
the purposes of deliberation. As required under the Act, the opinion of
the Department's `qualified person' (a Minister) has been obtained to the
effect that the exemption is engaged.
The Department considers that section 36 is engaged in respect of the
whole of the information received from the local authority. These
exemptions require public interest balancing tests. The tests are
summarised in the attached document.
The results of the public interest tests carried out by the Department are
that it is not in the public interest for any of the information in
respect of which the exemptions are engaged to be released.
If you have any queries about this letter, please contact me. Please
remember to quote our reference number in any future communications.
If you are unhappy with the service you have received in relation to your
request and wish to make a complaint or request a review of our decision,
you should write to me within two calendar months of the date of this
letter.
If you are not content with the outcome of your complaint, you may apply
directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. Generally, the
ICO cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted our complaints/review
procedure.
Yours sincerely,
Josephine Bell (Mrs)
Independent Schools Partnerships and Strategy Team
[email address]
[1]www.dcsf.gov.uk
Your correspondence has been allocated the reference number 2009/0031146.
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Lynn Daley
1 May 2009
Dear Sir or Madam,
I am not happy with this response as some LAs have already released
their submissions. I would therefore like an internal review done
as it seems like an excuse to allow LAs to get away with
slanderous, unjustified remarks about EHE families.
Yours sincerely,
Lynn Daley
Department for Children, Schools and Families
20 May 2009
Dear Ms Daley,
Thank you for your email received 5 May requesting an internal review of
the Department's decision forwarded 1 May (ref 2009/0031146).
The Department has now arranged an independent internal review of its
handling of your request by a Senior Civil Servant. That has been arranged
for 29 May and we shall write to you within 20 working days of the review
to let you know the outcome and of course earlier if at all possible.
Yours sincerely,
Josephine Bell (Mrs)
Independent Schools Partnerships and Strategy Team
[email address]
[1]www.dcsf.gov.uk
Your correspondence has been allocated the reference number 2009/0040241.
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Tania Berlow left an annotation (24 June 2009)
AND HOW LONG DOES AN INTERNAL REVIEW TAKE?
Tania Berlow left an annotation (24 June 2009)
i hope there will be many who exhaust your complaints proceedure.
Department for Children, Schools and Families
26 June 2009
Please find attached response to your request for an internal review into
your correspondence reference 2009/0017527.
Jo Bell (Mrs)
Independent Schools Partnerships and Strategy Team
Ext 62701 (01325 392701)
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Department for Children, Schools and Families
26 June 2009
Apologies - the reference in the body of the email should also read
2009/0031146
Jo Bell (Mrs)
Independent Schools Partnerships and Strategy Team
Ext 62701 (01325 392701)
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Jacky left an annotation (5 July 2009)
So what the government are saying is that they have absolutely no control over the local authorities? And that when they ask for evidence the authority can comply or not? And further that the authorities can make it up as they go along as they are not requested to substantiate the figures they give in response?
So to whom are the local authorities accountable?
Based on this clearly flawed, incomplete and subjective information, the government intends to legislate on the issue of EHE.
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