Home Education and Abuse Statistics

Re: FOI request - Ref FI/09/107

I wish to acknowledge receipt of your request for information.

I have asked the relevant officers of the Authority to commence enquiries
immediately to find all applicable information relating to your request
under the FOI Act and to supply any which is found to me.

Your request has to be processed within a maximum of 20 working days,
which means the Council must provide you with the information it has
(assuming no exemptions are claimed) by 29 April 2009. If it is possible
to provide you with the information within a shorter timescale then that
will be done.

Should you have any queries about this matter please don’t hesitate to
contact me.

Kind regards
Sue Bridges
Constitution Manager

"Michelle Batchelor (Mrs)"
<[FOI #9958 email]> To: FOI requests at Redcar &
Cleveland Council
29/03/2009 13:58 <[Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council request email]>
cc:
Subject: [Possible SPAM]
Freedom of Information request - Home
Education and Abuse Statistics

Dear Sir or Madam,

Under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act I would like to
know:

1) The number of persons in the local authority of compulsory
school age who are, or claimed to be, Electively Home Educated and
who have been either suspected or found to be involved in child
abuse, child neglect, forced marriage, sexual exploitation or
domestic servitude.

2) How many (if any) Serious Case Reviews or Joint Area Reviews
have reported with respect to home educated children in the LA.

Yours faithfully,

Michelle Batchelor (Mrs)

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Re - FI 09 0107
Further to my acknowledgement of your request, I have received some
information from the Adult and Children's Services Directorate and am now
in a position to respond to your request. I can confirm we do hold the
information requested.
You asked:
1) The number of persons in the local authority of compulsory school
age who are, or claimed to be, Electively Home Educated and
who have been either suspected or found to be involved in child abuse,
child neglect, forced marriage, sexual exploitation or
domestic servitude.
The Council is not aware of any home educated child that falls under this
category of child abuse, child neglect, forced marriage, sexual
exploitation or domestic servitude. (nil response)
2) How many (if any) Serious Case Reviews or Joint Area Reviews have
reported with respect to home educated children in the LA.
There have been no Serious Case reviews in respect of children home
educated. Also home education was not a feature of our JAR. (nil response)

I hope that this satisfies your request for information. If you are not
satisfied with how your request has been dealt with then you are free to
make a complaint either to the Council or to the Information Commissioner.
You will find details of the complaints procedure on the Council's Website
at
http://www.redcar-cleveland.gov.uk/YrCou...
(alternatively by using the A-Z Index from the home page). The Information
Commissioner is an independent person who has responsibility for
overseeing the Data Protection Act 1998 and the Freedom of Information Act
2000. More details can be obtained from the Information Commissioner***s
website at [1]www.ico.gov.uk .

Should you have any queries about this matter please don***t hesitate to
contact me.

Sue Bridges
Constitution Manager

"Michelle Batchelor (Mrs)"
<[FOI #9958 email]> To: FOI requests at Redcar &
Cleveland Council
29/03/2009 13:58 <[Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council request email]>
cc:
Subject: [Possible SPAM]
Freedom of Information request - Home
Education and Abuse Statistics

Dear Sir or Madam,

Under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act I would like to
know:

1) The number of persons in the local authority of compulsory
school age who are, or claimed to be, Electively Home Educated and
who have been either suspected or found to be involved in child
abuse, child neglect, forced marriage, sexual exploitation or
domestic servitude.

2) How many (if any) Serious Case Reviews or Joint Area Reviews
have reported with respect to home educated children in the LA.

Yours faithfully,

Michelle Batchelor (Mrs)

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