Home education and abuse - statistics

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

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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: Bernadette Jones

1 April 2009

Dear Sir or Madam

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - INFORMATION REQUEST

I acknowledge your request for information received on 31th March
2009.

Your request is being considered and you will receive the information
requested within the statutory timescale of 20 working days as defined
by the Freedom of Information Act 2000, subject to the information not
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Yours sincerely
Bernadette Jones

0151 934 2990
9th Floor Merton House
Stanley Road
Bootle
Liverpool
L20 3JA

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From: Catherine Larkin

28 April 2009


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From: C Murton

29 April 2009

Dear Catherine Larkin,

you wrote

"There are 58 children/young people currently electively home
educated in Sefton.

One of these children/young people is subject to a Child Protection
Plan and six children/young people have been suspected of being
subject to neglect or abuse.

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

There are no Serious Case Reviews which contain references to home
educated children in the local authority. "

Can you please clarify
a)the reason/type of abuse that is the concern of the Child
Protection Plan - and if it was neglect whether that is educational
or other
b) whether the 6 suspected cases were false alarms or founded cases

thank you very much

Yours sincerely,

C Murton

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From: Bernadette Jones

30 April 2009

Dear Sir or Madam

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - INFORMATION REQUEST

I acknowledge your request for information received on 30th April
2009.

Your request is being considered and you will receive the information
requested within the statutory timescale of 20 working days as defined
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being exempt or containing a reference to a third party.

For your information, the Act defines a number of exemptions, which may
prevent release of the information you have requested. There will be an
assessment and if any of the exemption categories apply then the
information will not be released. You will be informed if this is the
case, including your rights of appeal.

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. You will be informed if this is the
case.

There may be costs payable for processing this information (eg
photocopying, postage etc). This will be considered and you will be
informed if a charge is payable. In this event the fee must be paid
before the information is processed and released. The 20 working day
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If you have any queries or concerns then please contact me.
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
Bernadette Jones

0151 934 2990
9th Floor Merton House
Stanley Road
Bootle
Liverpool
L20 3JA

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From: C Murton

30 April 2009

Dear Bernadette Jones,

This is not a new request that is allowed a 20 day response time.
it is a request for clarification of your response to my original
request. Please respond promptly.

Yours sincerely,

C Murton

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From: Bernadette Jones

5 May 2009

Dear C Murton,

I have forwarded your email to me on to Catherine Larkin, as it will be
Catherine who will deal with the response to you .

Catherine will be back in the office tomorrow.

Regards
Bernadette

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From: C Murton

5 May 2009

Dear Bernadette Jones,

Thank you for the update - much appreciated.

Yours sincerely,

C Murton

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From: Catherine Larkin

11 May 2009


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Please find attached a response to your recent Freedom of Information
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<>This message is intended for named addressees only and may contain
confidential,

privileged or commercially sensitive information. If you are not a named
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take any action

on its content. Please return the message to the sender by replying to it
immediately

and then delete it from your computer and destroy any copies of it.

All e-mail communications sent to or from Sefton Metropolitan Borough
Council

may be subject to recording and / or monitoring in accordance with current
legislation.

This message does not create or vary any contractual relationship between
Sefton

Metropolitan Borough Council and you.

Internet e-mail is not a 100% secure communication medium and Sefton
Metropolitan

Borough Council does not accept responsibility for changes made to this
message

after it was sent.

Whilst all reasonable care has been taken to ensure that this message is
virus-free,

it is the recipient's responsibility to carry out virus checks as
appropriate and ensure

that the onward transmission, opening or use of this message and any
attachments will not

adversely affect their systems or data. Sefton Metropolitan Borough
Council does not

accept any responsibility in this regard."

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From: C Murton

11 May 2009

Dear Catherine Larkin,

Thank you for this information.

Yours sincerely,

C Murton

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