Teachers who are members of political Parties.

Mark Walker made this Freedom of Information request to Blackpool Borough Council

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From: Mark Walker

9 October 2009

Dear Sir or Madam,

By letter of 30 September 2009, The Secretary of State Ed Balls
appointed Maurice Smith to enquire into the "promotion of racism in
schools". Part of the review is aimed at determining whether
members of the British National Party (BNP) should be allowed to
work as teachers or in the wider school workforce.

Please provide the following information under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000.

1. Has your authority ever found a member of the BNP or any other
political Party guilty of a disciplinary offence related to their
Party membership in the last three years? If so please give
information as to when and how many.
2. Has any parent complained to you regarding the Party membership
of any employee or the expression of political views within School
classrooms under your authority during the last three years?
3. What safeguards do you currently have in place to prevent
members of any political Party promoting their views within
Schools?

Mark Walker
Solidarity Trade Union
www.solidaritytradeunion.org

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From: Customer First
Blackpool Borough Council

9 October 2009

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From: MIT(Educ)
Blackpool Borough Council

12 October 2009

Dear Mr Walker,

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - INFORMATION REQUEST

I am writing to confirm that we have now completed our search for the
information you requested on 9 October 2009.

Has your authority ever found a member of the BNP or any other
political Party guilty of a disciplinary offence related to their
Party membership in the last three years? If so please give
information as to when and how many. NO
2. Has any parent complained to you regarding the Party membership
of any employee or the expression of political views within School
classrooms under your authority during the last three years? NO
3. What safeguards do you currently have in place to prevent
members of any political Party promoting their views within
Schools? Each member of staff within a school is aware of the code
of conduct that they need to abide to. Failure to abide by this, which
includes inappropriate use of language both verbal and content, could lead
to disciplinary action.

If you have a complaint about the handling of your request you may ask for
an internal review and you should submit this in writing to: Council
Complaint, Blackpool Council, PO Box 50, Town Hall, Blackpool, FY1 1NA.

If you are not happy with the outcome of the review, you have the right to
apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. You can
contact the Information Commissioner at: Information Commissioner's
Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF,
([1]www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk).

If you have any queries about this letter you can contact me, or write to:
FOI, Town Hall, Blackpool, FY1 1NA, or email us at
[2][Blackpool Borough Council request email]. Please remember to quote your
reference number when you contact us.

Yours sincerely

Richard Darby
HR Operations Manager
Children and Young People's Department
Blackpool Council
Progress House
Blackpool FY4 4US

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