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Mark Walker made this Freedom of Information request to East Lothian Council
The request was successful.
From: Mark Walker
12 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 whilst teaching 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
From: Freedom Of Information
East Lothian Council
13 October 2009
Our Ref: 2009/570
Dear Mr Walker
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION (SCOTLAND) ACT 2002
Thank you for your email. Your enquiry has been registered and passed to the appropriate department for action. Our response should be issued to you no later than 9 November.
If you require any further assistance in the meantime please do not hesitate to contact me.
Yours sincerely
Shelley Neville
Law & Licensing
East Lothian Council
John Muir House
Haddington
EH41 3HA
Tel: 01620 827623
Fax: 01620 827438
Email: [East Lothian Council request email]
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From: Stirling, Judith
East Lothian Council
13 October 2009
Dear Mr Walker
Further to your Freedom of Information request dated 9 November 2009, our
ref 2009/570, please find below our response.
1. Has your authority ever found a member of the British National
Party or any other Political Party guilty of a disciplinary offence
related to their Party membership whilst teaching in the last three
years? If so please give information as to when and how many.
No.
2. Has any parentyh 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?
Head Teachers use their judgement regarding curricular input from
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the information we have provided, you are entitled to request that we
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working days of the date of this notice. A request to review our decision
must be in writing (e-mail is acceptable) or another permanent format. We
will then have 20 working days from the date we receive your request in
order to complete our review and give you our decision. The review will be
conducted by the Chief Executive or another official nominated by him.
Please address this request to:
The Chief Executive
East Lothian Council
John Muir House
Haddington
EH41 3HA
If you are still not satisfied with our decision following the review
process, then you may ask the Office of the Scottish Information
Commissioner (OSIC) to investigate the matter. You may contact OSIC at:
Scottish Information Commissioner
Kinburn Castle
Doubledykes Road
St Andrews
Fife
KY16 9DS
Telephone: 01334 464610
Fax: 01334 464611
E-mail: [1][email address]
Judith Stirling
Acting Administrative Assistant
Education & Children's Services
John Muir House
Haddington EH41 3HA
Tel: 01620 827348
email: [email address]
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