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Stuart Maskery made this Freedom of Information request to Children and Family Court Advisory Support Service
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From: Stuart Maskery
1 August 2009
Dear Sir or Madam,
Under the freedom of information act and the general principles of
the the "right to know" I request the following information
All the examples of "Good" casework mentioned in the CAFCASS 3rd
April 2009 Special Board Minutes in Section 7 (Draft Business Plan"
that are on the CAFCASS Intranet as detailed in the quote below
"The Chief Executive advised the Board that examples of “good”
casework are now on the intranet to be accessible to all
practitioners and managers. "
Yours faithfully,
Stuart Maskery
From: Stuart Maskery
4 September 2009
Dear Sir or Madam,
I am writing to chase up the Freedom of Information Request I made
to yourselves on the 1st August 2009 (Text of the request is below)
All the examples of "Good" casework mentioned in the CAFCASS 3rd
April 2009 Special Board Minutes in Section 7 (Draft Business Plan"
that are on the CAFCASS Intranet as detailed in the quote below
"The Chief Executive advised the Board that examples of “good”
casework are now on the intranet to be accessible to all
practitioners and managers. "
Yours faithfully,
Stuart Maskery
From: Stuart Maskery
20 September 2009
Dear Sir or Madam,
Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of
Information reviews.
I am writing to request an internal review of Children and Family
Court Advisory Support Service's handling of my FOI request
'Examples of "Good" Caseworkd'.
A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is
available on the Internet at this address:
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/ex...
Yours faithfully,
Stuart Maskery
From: Jassal, Jasvinder
Children and Family Court Advisory Support Service
24 September 2009
Dear Mr. Maskery
My apologies for not responding sooner to the below request.
If you could send me your postal address I can put the examples of good practice in the post for you.
Best wishes
Miss Jassal
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From: Stuart Maskery
24 September 2009
Dear Jassal, Jasvinder,
I would prefer electronic copies or even better can you publish
this on your website?
Yours sincerely,
Stuart Maskery
From: Stuart Maskery
9 November 2009
Dear Jasvinder,
Could I please chase up on this Freedom of Information Request.
Yours sincerely,
Stuart Maskery
From: Stuart Maskery
10 February 2010
Dear Children and Family Court Advisory Support Service,
Could I please chase up this matter and request an internal review?
Yours faithfully,
Stuart Maskery
From: Jassal, Jasvinder - Cafcass
Children and Family Court Advisory Support Service
17 February 2010
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Ms S Foster (Account suspended) left an annotation (25 August 2009)
34. There is, so far as the parties to this case are aware, no European jurisprudence questioning the principle of freeing for adoption, or indeed compulsory adoption generally. The United Kingdom is unusual amongst members of the Council of Europe in permitting the total severance of family ties without parental consent. (Professor Triseliotis thought that only Portugal and perhaps one other European country allowed this.) It is, of course, the most draconian interference with family life possible.
Although kinship placements are supposed to be the preferred option in this country, only 1 per cent. of social worker-instigated placements ended up with kinship carers, compared with 45 per cent. in Denmark, for example(EVIDENCE given in parliament June 16th 2008 by Tim Loughton MP shadow minister for children)
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