Home education and abuse - statistics

C Murton made this Freedom of Information request to Hackney Borough Council

The request was successful.

From: C Murton

28 March 2009

Dear Sir or Madam,

I would like to know:

A. 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, neglect, forced marriage, sexual exploitation or domestic
servitude.

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

C Murton

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From: Reaz Khedarun
Hackney Borough Council

2 April 2009

Dear Mr Murton

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - request for information.

I acknowledge your request for information received on 30 March 2009.

Your request is being considered and you will receive a full response to
your request, within the statutory timescale of 20 working days (from
the day after the request is received) as defined by the Freedom of
Information Act 2000.

If appropriate, the information may be provided in paper copy, normal
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large print, etc. then please let me know.

The Act defines a number of exemptions, some of which are subject to a
public interest test that may prevent release of the information. You
will be informed if this is the case, and you have a right to appeal
against our decision. Information relating to this will be included in
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If the information you request contains reference to a third party then
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There may be a fee payable for this information. This will be considered
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be paid before the information is processed and released. The 20 working
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If you have any queries or concerns then please contact me at the
address above.

Further information is also available from the Information Commissioner
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Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
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Yours sincerely

Reaz Khedarun
Corporate Information Governance Officer

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From: Reaz Khedarun
Hackney Borough Council

2 April 2009

Dear Mr Murton

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - request for information.

I acknowledge your request for information received on 30 March 2009.

Your request is being considered and you will receive a full response to
your request, within the statutory timescale of 20 working days (from
the day after the request is received) as defined by the Freedom of
Information Act 2000.

If appropriate, the information may be provided in paper copy, normal
font size. If you require alternative formats, e.g. language, audio,
large print, etc. then please let me know.

The Act defines a number of exemptions, some of which are subject to a
public interest test that may prevent release of the information. You
will be informed if this is the case, and you have a right to appeal
against our decision. Information relating to this will be included in
any refusal notice issued.

If the information you request contains reference to a third party then
they may be consulted prior to a decision being taken on whether or not
to release the information to you.

There may be a fee payable for this information. This will be considered
and you will be informed if a fee is payable. In this event the fee must
be paid before the information is processed and released. The 20 working
day time limit for responses is suspended until receipt of the payment.

If you have any queries or concerns then please contact me at the
address above.

Further information is also available from the Information Commissioner
at:

Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Telephone: 01625 545 700
www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk

Yours sincerely

Reaz Khedarun
Corporate Information Governance Officer

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From: C Murton

4 May 2009

Dear Reaz Khedarun,

Your response is now overdue.
Please send the information I request stat.

Yours sincerely,

C Murton

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From: C Murton

27 June 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 Hackney Borough
Council's handling of my FOI request 'Home education and abuse -
statistics'.

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is
available on the Internet at this address:
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/ho...

Yours sincerely,

C Murton

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Tania Berlow left an annotation ( 4 August 2009)

Hackney have handed over their EHE and all other learning to a contract- through The Learning trust.
FOI's go to their communications team. I spoke with Val Wesolowitz who is getting this sorted-they do answer FOI's.

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Tania Berlow left an annotation ( 4 August 2009)

I spoke with THE Learning Trust today .They have taken on the home education part for Hackney. The person said she would forward the response to me asap as she does not have your email. you could email her at breda.connolly@learningtrust.co.uk and ask her to send it to you or just wait for me to forward to you. Tania

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Tania Berlow left an annotation ( 6 August 2009)

Tania – please up load on to the website.

TLT-Letterhead

Your ref:

Our ref: FOI 199

Direct Dial: 020 8820 7382

Fax No: 020 8820 7234

E-mail: breda.connolly@learningtrust.co.uk

6 August 2009

Email to:

Dear Ms Murton

Freedom of Information Request – Elective Home Education

Thank you for your email, which was forwarded to me by Tania Berlow. I acknowledge receipt of your request for information. I should firstly point out that The Learning Trust is not a “public authority” under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (“the Act”).

The Learning Trust is a private company limited by guarantee which carries out the majority of the functions of Hackney Council as a Local Education Authority under a Contract entered into pursuant to a Direction of the Secretary of State dated 31st July 2002.

The Learning Trust was incorporated in May 2002 for the sole purpose of carrying out the functions transferred pursuant to that Direction from 1st August 2002. There is a power under Section 5 of the Act for the Secretary of State to designate a company such as The Learning Trust as a public authority but to date that power has not been exercised in respect of The Learning Trust.

Consequently, The Learning Trust is not bound by the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act. However as a body exercising public functions The Learning Trust is committed to doing so openly and transparently. The Learning Trust has developed a policy which, so far as its constitution allows, complies with the provisions of the Act.

With regard to your request, please see questions and responses in blue.

A. 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, neglect, forced marriage, sexual exploitation or domestic servitude.

They are 45 families, of which 35 children are of secondary age and 22 of primary age (57 children in total are home educated). We have NONE that have been suspected or found to be involved in child abuse, neglect, forced marriage, sexual exploitation or domestic servitude.

B. 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 or joint area reviews with regard to EHE children.

Yours sincerely,

Breda Connolly

Trainee Solicitor

(T) 0208 820 7054
(F) 0208 820 7234
Email: mailto:breda.connolly@learningtrust.co.uk

The Learning Trust
1 Reading Lane London, E8 1GQ

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