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Request sent to Department for Children, Schools and Families by Peter Burke on 19 October 2009.
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How many cases of Children being taken from parent / Guardian following maliciously reported false allegations of neglect or abuse have been identified by Salford Children's Services ?
A Freedom of Information request to Salford City Council by Peter Burke
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Peter Burke
19 October 2009
Dear Sir or Madam,
How many cases of Children being taken from parent / Guardian
following maliciously reported false allegations of neglect or
abuse have been identified by Salford Children's Services.
What is the usual procedure adopted by by Salford Children's
Services for this kind of scenario, when social workers make these
kind of mistakes ?
Yours faithfully,
Peter Burke
Egerton, Paula
Salford City Council
21 October 2009
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Dear Mr Burke,
I acknowledge your request for information below.
We will endeavour to respond to your request within 20 working days according to the Act. However, please be advised that if an exemption applies to the information requested then this period may be exceeded again in accordance with the provisions of the Act.
A charge may be applicable in order for us to fulfill your request. You will be advised of this in due course if necessary. If a charge is made, the clock will stop in respect of the 20 working days until the fee is received. Should you have any queries, please contact me using the contact details above.
Regards
Paula Egerton
Salford Children's Services
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Egerton, Paula
Salford City Council
6 December 2009
Please find attached our response to your recent request under the Freedom of Information Act
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Peter Burke left an annotation (22 October 2009)
I believe that this data requested is of public interest and is data that ought to be published without request being made, in the interests of transparency. As such it is my opiniion that it would be improper to charge for such data. I hope that others may also comment on this point as well.
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