Home Education and abuse - statistics

Dear Mr Denton

Freedom of Information Act 2000 - Information Request - 000200/09

We acknowledge receipt of your information request received on 30^th March
2009 which is being processed according to the Freedom of Information Act
2000. We will inform you as soon as possible of any charges that maybe
associated with it.

The legislation allows us 20 working days to respond which takes us to
29^th April 2009. There are some circumstances under which this deadline
may be extended but we will inform you as soon as we know if these apply.
However we will endeavour to provide this information as soon as possible.

We are required to advise you that if you wish to complain about our
response in any way, then this should initially be done through the
Council's internal complaints procedure. Please contact Lynne Bird, Legal
Services, The Guildhall, Hull HU1 2AA to register your complaint. If you
are not satisfied with the outcome of the internal complaints procedure
then you may take your complaint to the Information Commissioner's Office,
the government body established to enforce the legislation. Their details
are Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF, telephone
01625 545 700, Email: [1][email address], web site
[2]www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk.

The Council's Freedom of Information Policy, which includes the charging
policy, is available on request and from the web site
[3]www.hullcc.gov.uk. Also available is a booklet on `Accessing
Information from Hull City Council' which explains how to request
information and your rights (according to the Data Protection Act 1998 and
The Freedom of Information Act 2000).

Yours sincerely,

The Information Governance Team

[4][email address]

Tel (01482) 300300

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Freedom of Information no. 200/09

Dear Mr Denton,

With regard to your information request of 30th March please find our
reply enclosed.

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.

We have not identified any home educated individuals who were suspected or
found to be involved in child abuse, neglect, forced marriage, sexual
exploitation or domestic servitude and there are no relevant Serious Case
Reviews or Joint Area Reviews.

We hope that you will be satisfied with our reply, please do not hesitate
to contact us if we may be of further assistance.

Yours sincerely,

Information Governance Team

Citizen Engagement

Hull City Council

(01482) 300300

We are required to advise you that if you wish to complain about our
response in any way, then this should initially be done through the
Council's internal complaints procedure. Please contact Lynne Bird, Legal
Services, The Guildhall, Hull HU1 2AA to register your complaint. If you
are not satisfied with the outcome of the internal complaints procedure
then you may take your complaint to the Information Commissioner's Office,
the government body established to enforce the legislation. Their details
are Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF, telephone
01625 545 700, Email: [1][email address], web site
[2]www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk.

The Council's Freedom of Information Policy, which includes the charging
policy, is available on request and from the web site
[3]www.hullcc.gov.uk. Also available is a booklet on `Accessing
Information from Hull City Council' which explains how to request
information and your rights (according to the Data Protection Act 1998 and
The Freedom of Information Act 2000).

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