Sure Start Centres

Dear Mr Russell

Request for Information (Reference 09/FOI/1674)

Thank you for your request for information for Sure Start children's
centre, received on 9 October 2009.

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Sue Morris

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Information Management Service

Gloucestershire County Council

Community & Adult Care Directorate

Shire Hall

Gloucester

GL1 2TG

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Dear Mr Russell,
Thank you for your recent email, containing the FoI request referenced
above (and included below). I have been coordinating a response to your
request for the Directorate:

Please supply a list of all Gloucestershire County Council Sure Start
Children’s Centres.
Available on the Gloucestershire County Council website:
[1]http://www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/index....
Are these run privately or council controlled?
We have a mixture of managing bodies, Local Authority and School governor
run children centres
If council controlled under which department do they fall?
Children and Young Peoples Directorate
Are these run for profit, if council controlled supply the accounts?
They are not run for profit.
What are the policies in place and who created these?
There are GCC polices and centres have individual centre specific
policies. Which policies, of these, does your question relate to? If you
want more specific information than this please clarify for us.
What services do these centres provide?
Information available on the Gloucestershire County Council website
(above)
How many children on a yearly basis do these centres cater for in each
area?
Each children centre has a geographical reach area which will contain on
average between 800-1,000 children under the age of 5.

If you are unhappy with this response, you are entitled to request a
review of the decision by writing to:

Victoria Wathen
Information Manager.
Shire Hall
Westgate Street
Gloucester
GL1 2TG.

If you are not content with the outcome of your complaint, you may apply
directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. Generally, the
ICO cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted the complaints
procedure provided by the Council.

The Information Commissioner can be contracted at:-

The Information Commissioner's Officer
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF

John
John James
Commissioning Manager ~ Data Management
Data Management Team
Commissioning Section
Children & Young People's Directorate
Information Management & Strategic Planning
Gloucestershire County Council
Quayside House Room 109
Shire Hall, Westgate Street
Gloucester GL1 2TP
( Tel: 01452 425329
2 Fax: 01452 426415
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