Elective home education - suitable education

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Dear Ms Berlow

Thank you for your Freedom of Information (FOI) request received on 5
August 2009 regarding elective home education.

Your request is being dealt with under the terms of the Freedom of
Information Act 2000, and has been given the reference FOI 1881. Please
quote this reference if you need to contact us further.

Kindest regards

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Dear Ms Berlow

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - ADVICE OF DELAY

Please accept our sincere apologies as we write to advise you that the
response to your request for information, which was received on 5 August
2009, has been delayed beyond the time limit of 20 working days.

Regrettably, the delay has arisen because the information required has
taken longer than anticipated to retrieve. We hope to let you have a
response by the end of this week.

We would like to assure you that we endeavour to provide full and
timely responses to all information requests and to promote transparency
and openness in those responses. We are sorry for any inconvenience caused
by this delay.

Yours sincerely

Adele Rhodes Girling

Information Compliance Officer

Corporate Information and Records Management

Scrutiny and Monitoring

Suffolk County Council

Endeavour House

Russell Road

Ipswich

IP1 2BX

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Dear Ms Berlow

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - REQUEST RESPONSE

Thank you for your email of 5 August 2009 where you requested
information about electively home educated children.
The information you requested is attached.
Response
A) Eighteen
B1) Five
B2) Four
B3) Five
B4) None (it is not necessary for the National Curriculum to be followed
by EHE children)

Please note that four children do not fall into the categories listed as
there are other reasons for concerns that a suitable education has not
been provided.

C1) Further steps are being taken in two of the cases. The Education
Attendance Service (EAS) is currently involved in three of the cases. In
one case an Education Welfare Officer is involved and a School Attendance
Order may be issued.
C2) These young people continue to be monitored.
C3) In one case the EAS and Social Care are involved and it is
possible that an Attendance Order will be issued.
In one case the Special Needs Team is involved.

In one case, the family continues to be visited and supported, but it may
be that the EAS will need to become involved
Two cases continue to be monitored.
D) No.
E) A referral would not necessarily depend exclusively on a child's
fitting into any one of the four categories specified, although one child,
as mentioned above, has been referred to Social Care because of ongoing
welfare, as well as educational, concerns.
F) It is possible, especially if Social Care involvement is after the EHE
registration. However, there is good communication within Children and
Young People's Service and information is shared where appropriate.
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Yours sincerely,

Adele Rhodes Girling
Information Compliance Officer
Corporate Information and Records Management
Scrutiny and Monitoring
Suffolk County Council
Endeavour House
Russell Road
Ipswich
IP1 2BX

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Dear Ms Berlow

Thank you for your e-mail of 15 September requesting an internal review of how your request has been handled.

I have been looking into why there was a delay in supplying you with the information you requested and, as a consequence, was able to take measures to ensure you were provided with that information earlier today.

I must apologise for the deadline being missed and confirm, as per the e-mail you were sent on 15 September, that it was due to the complexities involved in locating, retrieving and extracting the information. I do appreciate and am sorry that you have been inconvenienced.

Should you remain dissatisfied with the situation in any way then please get back to me but I hope, albeit belatedly, that you now have the information which you need.

You do, however, have the right to contact the Information Commissioner if you feel the internal review has not been handled to your satisfaction. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at:

Wycliff House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF.
Telephone: (01625) 545700
Website: http://www.ico.gov.uk

Yours sincerely

Doug Reed
(Acting) Head of Corporate Information and Records

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Kind regards.

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

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Dear Ms Berlow

Thank you for your further e-mail dated 19 September.

I have to say that I cannot agree that this Council is being obstructive. The information disclosed in response to your request (Ref. 1881) included the figures held by this authority against the categories you cited. I do appreciate that four children did not fall into the categories for which you asked but, as explained, this was because of there being"...other reasons for concerns that a suitable education has not been provided.".

So while I would apologise again for the delay which you experienced, I do feel that we have communicated to you the information we hold.

We do, at all times, aim to be as open and transparent as possible and while I appreciate that not all responses satisfy the needs of applicants who make requests, I would emphasise that this is not because we are being obstructive.

In the event that you wished to place a further request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 then, obviously, we would be very pleased to receive this from you and to help in any way we can.

Otherwise, as mentioned previously, should you remain dissatisfied with the outcome of your request then you do have the right to contact the Information Commissioner - who can be contacted at: Wycliff House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF. Telephone: (01625) 545700 Website: http://www.ico.gov.uk

Yours sincerely

Doug Reed (Acting) Head of Corporate Information and Records

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