Ethnic minority admissions for Northampton School For Boys

Dear Sir or Madam,

Under the freedom of information act 2000

Please can you provide me with the following information -

1. How many children from black/mixed race families have been
admitted to year 7 at Northampton School For Boys over the last
five years ( 2005/6/7/8/9 )

2. How many children from Asian families have been admitted to year
7 at Northampton School For Boys over the last five years (
2005/6/7/8/9 )

My original request was dated on 15/4/09 to Northampton Borough
council who have told me that it is the County Council which holds
this information.

Your help in this matter is most appericiated.

Yours faithfully,

Mr J.Attfield.

Dear Carmen Allen,

Thank you for your reply.

Yours sincerely,

Mr J. Attfield

Dear Gillian Hollowell,

Regarding my Freedom of Information Act 2000 Request ( FR1278 )

I find your request for an extension to may 29th unacceptable as
this is well beyond the guidelines for a prompt response and is
also past the 20 day period which means that Northampton county
council are breaking the law according to the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 ( chapter 36 ) as laid out below -

(1)
Subject to subsections (2) and (3), a public authority must comply
with section 1(1) promptly and in any event not later than the
twentieth working day following the date of receipt.

I will be contacting my M.P. next week and forwarding all relevant
documents to this request ( FR1278 ) and also to ask him to find
out what the "delay with gathering the relevant information" was.

Looking at other requests it seems there is a problem at
Northampton County Council as you seem not to be able to give out
the requested information in the required time so if i do not
receive a satisfactory response from you then i will also be
requesting that the council holds a full internal review into it`s
procedures regarding my request.

Yours sincerely,

Mr J. Attfield

Dear Miss Allen,

RE: Freedom of Information Act 2000 - FR1278

Thank you for your response to my request.

I am extremely disappointed that it has taken nearly a month to be
advised that Northampton County Council do not hold or can obtain
the information I require.

I was advised several weeks ago by Northampton Local Authority that
they or the school do not hold this information and referred us to
the Northampton County council where this data is held.

I am fully aware of the admissions policy for Northampton School
for Boys. My original request was for the amount of black/mixed
heritage children and Asian children that have been admitted into
Year 7 over the last five years and not the admissions policy.

I find it hard to believe that this information is not available
from Northampton County Council as the school is within the borough
of Northampton.

Please respond to my original request.

Yours sincerely,

Mr J. Attfield

Dear Sir or Madam,

Ref:- Freedom Of Information Act 2000 request FR1278.

I am still awaiting the information from my original request sent
on 16th April 2009.

Despite Reminding you on numerous occasions you have not given me
the information that I requested.

May I remind you again that you are breaking the law.

Please forward me with the relevant information I requested, Please
note that I do not need you to inform me about the admissions
policy as I already know that.

I look forward to your quick response.

Yours sincerely,

Mr J. Attfield

Dear Gillian Hollowell.

Re:- Freedom Of Information Act 2000 request ( FR1278 )

Thank you for your apology relating to the amount of time it has
taken your Department at Northampton County Council to tell me that
you do not hold the information that I requested, I am confused as
to why you needed another Two weeks for an extension as per your
request on 14th May but do appreciate that your department are
extremely busy.

As you keep sending me information for the admissions policy for
Northampton School For Boys which I have told you that I already
know I have pasted the original request that I sent to Northampton
County Council on April 16th below -

Under the freedom of information act 2000

Please can you provide me with the following information -

1. How many children from black/mixed race families have been
admitted to year 7 at Northampton School For Boys over the last
five years ( 2005/6/7/8/9 )

2. How many children from Asian families have been admitted to year
7 at Northampton School For Boys over the last five years (
2005/6/7/8/9 )

Kindly note that the information I am requesting is HOW MANY ( i.e.
number of children ) have been admitted into the school and NOT the
schools admissions policy which I have previously stated I already
know.

Please note that if I do not receive a satisfactory outcome for my
request and as the time for my request as gone way beyond the
guidelines set by law I will be requesting a full internal review
of the councils reluctance in providing the information that I have
asked you to provide me since 16th April 2009.

I will also be making a complaint to my member of parliament and
will be asking him to investigate this matter further.

Yours sincerely,

Mr J. Attfield