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

Dear Mr Walker,

Please find attached a letter asking for clarification on the information
you have requested.

Your request will be on hold until we have heard back from you.

Yours sincerely,

Information Officer (Subject Access & FOI)
Partnerships strategy and Commissioning
Children schools and families
London Borough of Camden

Telephone: 020 7974 3668
Web: [1]camden.gov.uk

Unit 3, Basement
Crowndale Centre
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Dear Griffiths, Libby,

This information is in relation to all school staff (including
teachers).

Yours sincerely,

Mark Walker

Dear Mr Walker,

Thank you for providing clarification on your request.

Please find attached our acknowledgement letter giving details of how
your request will be dealt with.

Yours sincerely,

Information Officer (Subject Access & FOI)

Telephone: 020 7974 3668

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Dear Griffiths, Libby,

Your response is overdue.

Yours sincerely,

Mark Walker

Dear Mr Walker,

I no longer work as an Information Officer for Camden.

Please direct all queries relating to FOI to Tom Devenish
([email address])

Regards,

Libby Griffiths
Customer Support Specialist

Telephone: 020 7974 5819

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Dear Griffiths, Libby,

Then can you forward this request to Tom Devenish please as the
link to his email that you supplied does not work.

8 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

Libby Griffiths
Customer Support Specialist

Telephone: 020 7974 5819

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Dear Sir

I am writing to request an internal review of Camden Borough
Council’s handling of my FOI request submitted on 8th Oct 2009. The
statutory 20 working days has now passed. The normal 20 working day
limit can be extended under section 10(3) if a qualified exemption
is engaged and additional time is required to consider the public
interest. In order to extend the deadline in accordance with
section 10(3) the authority must inform the applicant of this fact
within the 20 working day deadline and provide him/her with a
revised response deadline “that is reasonable in the
circumstances”. I have not been informed of the need for any
extension and my complaint has not been answered.

I believe that section 10(1) of the FOI Act has been breached,
given that no letter was sent extending the deadline under Section
10(3).

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is
available on the Internet at this address:

http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/te...

Yours sincerely

Mark Walker
Solidarity Trade Union
www.solidaritytradeunion.org

Dear Mr Walker,

I no longer work as an Information Officer for Camden.

Please contact Tom Devenish ([email address]).

Kind regards,

Libby Griffiths
Customer Support Specialist

Telephone: 020 7974 5819

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Camden Council - Information request (FOI/EIR) - Children, schools and
families

Our reference: 5596856

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Camden Council - Information request (FOI/EIR) - Children, schools and
families

Our reference: 5596856

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