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Question Reference #090329-000002
Question: Freedom of Information request - Home education and abuse -
statistics
Date Created: 29/03/2009 06:40
Last Updated: 29/03/2009 06:40
Status: Unresolved

Enquiry History
Customer (C Murton) 29/03/2009 06:40
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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Freedom of Information request - Home education and abuse - statistics

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Response (Valerie Baguley) 30/03/2009 13:42
Dear C Murton

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - INFORMATION REQUEST

I acknowledge your request for information received on 28th March 2009

The information you have requested is contained within the Publication
Scheme which can be found on Nottinghamshire County Council*s website,
www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk or libraries within Nottinghamshire.

If you do have difficulty in accessing the information please contact me.

For your information this letter constitutes a refusal notice under
Section 17 of the Freedom of Information Act and an exemption under
Section 21 of the Act is being applied, namely the information is
accessible by other means, e.g. the Publication Scheme.

You have the right to ask us to review this decision. If you wish us to
review this decision then please set your grounds for review in writing
and send them to the Corporate Complaints Manager, County Hall, West
Bridgford, Nottingham, NG2 7QP or e-mail [email address].

You also have a right of appeal to the Information Commissioner at:
Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Telephone: 01625 545 700
www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk
Customer (C Murton) 29/03/2009 06:40
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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In reply to your request for Information to the questions below, please
see the answers you require.

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. (Answer 328)

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

If you require any further information regarding the FOI. Act please
contact me.

Information is also available regarding your rights from the Information
Commissioner at www.ico.gov.uk

John Hemstock
Business Manager
Children and Young People's Services
Nottinghamshire County Council
0115 97(73532)
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Dear C Munton
Freedom of Information request - Elective Home Education and child abuse

Further to your request regarding the above I can now respond as follows:

1. There are currently two children 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.

In addition there have been a small number of other children currently
electively home educated about whom there have been concerns raised but
these concerns were not substantiated.
B. There have been no Serious Case Reviews or similar types of
reviews with respect to home educated children in the LA.

I trust this adequately answers your question,
Regards

Joe Foley
Board Manager
Nottinghamshire Safeguarding Children Board
Children and Young people's Services
Nottinghamshire County Council

Tel: 0115 9773935
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Sorry, for the confusion with the email below. The figure of 328 relates
to the total number of children who are educated at home and not those who
are involved in child abuse.
he correct figure is 2 as my colleague Mr. Foley has stated to you.

Apologies for this mistake. I thought I had better clarify this.

John Hemstock
Business Manager
Children and Young People's Services
Nottinghamshire County Council
0115 97(73532)

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Dear C Murton,

in response to your request for clarification to our reply to your FOI
request, I can now respond as follows:

* Regarding the two children who we identified at point one, concerns
surrounded neglect in relation to both children.
* There were 5 other children where concerns raised were not
substantiated.

regards

Joe Foley
Board Manager
Nottinghamshire Safeguarding Children Board
Children and Young people's Services
Nottinghamshire County Council

Tel: 0115 9773935
-----C Murton <[FOI #9944 email]> wrote: -----

To: Joe Foley <[email address]>
From: C Murton <[FOI #9944 email]>
Date: 06/05/2009 05:02PM
Subject: Re: Freedom of Information request - Home education and abuse -
statistics

Dear Joe Foley,

Thank you for your response.

Can you please confirm what seems apparent: That the two children
cited in point 1 above were "found" on investigation to be involved
in one of the situations listed.

Can you please specify which of the list of issues were involved?

Can you please give a precise figure for the number of
unsubstantiated concerns raised?

Yours sincerely,

C Murton

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