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F Mason (Account suspended) made this Freedom of Information request to Care Quality Commission

Care Quality Commission did not have the information requested.

From: F Mason (Account suspended)

4 October 2009

Dear Sir or Madam,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dB7ABAZ0QT0

Please watch the above and answer all the outstanding questions
contained within, this is required under the FOI Act.

Yours faithfully,

F Mason

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Ms Chadwick (Account suspended) left an annotation ( 4 October 2009)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6i17dWD9npg

you call this value for money & quality 'care'

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From: Parry, Claire
Care Quality Commission

5 October 2009

Dear Mr/Ms Mason,

Thank you for your email.
Please note that requests for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 are required to be in written format (this includes email). Unfortunately we cannot accept a link to a YouTube video for this reason.
If you could outline in writing the issues contained in the video we can then process your request under the Act.

Yours sincerely,

Claire Parry
Information Governance Officer
Secretariat - Information Governance Team
Care Quality Commission
Finsbury Tower
103-105 Bunhill Row
London
EC1Y 8TG

Email: [email address]
Direct Tel: 020 7448 1766
Internal Tel: 3816

Statutory requests for information made pursuant to access to information legislation, such as the Data Protection Act 1998 and the Freedom of Information Act 2000, should be sent to: [Care Quality Commission request email]

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From: F Mason (Account suspended)

5 October 2009

Dear Claire Parry

Thank you for your reply.

It is probably wise to supply a transcribed version as a preventive
measure for the Public.

Between April 2008 and March 2009, CAFCASS had 6,465 cases on its
books.
That’s nearly 18 new cases a day or one new case every thirty
minutes of the working day.

Source: CAFCASS

Over the last four fiscal years, CAFCASS has dealt with 26,104
separate cases.
At a conservatively estimated cost of proceedings in Family Court
of £400,000 per case, that means CAFCASS has been instrumental in
spending £10.4 billion of public funds, minimum, over four years.

Source: CAFCASS

That’s £2.6 billion a year, not counting rollover cases. Or to put
it another way;
Between 21 municipal areas which CAFCASS is divided into, £124.3
million per area per year.

Source:CAFCASS

Where does this money come from?
Who pays CAFCASS?

Funding is received in part from Central Government.
This does not answer the burning question; Where does the rest of
the money come from?

We’re talking about litigation funding from Central Government
straight to CAFCASS that is equal to fully one tenth of the
Interest accrued on the Central Government (i.e. National) Debt
through 2008/09.

Where does this money come from?

We haven’t even started talking about;

Salaries for CAFCASS, Social Services or their ancillary staff yet.

Who controls the money?
Who do CAFCASS answer to?
Who accounts for the actions of CAFCASS?
Who legislates for CAFCASS?
Who represents CAFCASS in Parliament?
Who do you complain to when CAFCASS goes bad?
To who do we turn to put right that which CAFCASS gets wrong so
often?

Local Government? Central Government? Corporate Interests? Civil
Liberties groups? Or each other?

Kind regards,

F Mason

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From: Parry, Claire
Care Quality Commission

6 October 2009

Dear Mr/Ms F Mason,

I acknowledge receipt of the information request dated 05 October 2009.
The Commission will respond as soon as it can but in any event within 20 working days following the date of receipt of your request. You can therefore expect a reply by close of business on 2nd November 2009 at the latest.

Regards
Claire Parry

Claire Parry
Information Governance Officer
Secretariat - Information Governance Team
Care Quality Commission
Finsbury Tower
103-105 Bunhill Row
London
EC1Y 8TG

Email: [email address]
Direct Tel: 020 7448 1766
Internal Tel: 3816

Statutory requests for information made pursuant to access to information legislation, such as the Data Protection Act 1998 and the Freedom of Information Act 2000, should be sent to: [Care Quality Commission request email]

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From: Parry, Claire
Care Quality Commission

6 October 2009

Dear Mr/Ms F Mason,

You requested information on the funding of CAFCASS.
Under section 1 subsection (1)(a) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, all public authorities have a "duty to confirm or deny" the existence of requested information. Any information that does exist must be provided, under section 1 subsection (1)(b), unless exempt from disclosure, in which case the response must explain the reasons for withholding it.

The Care Quality Commission holds no information regarding the subject of your request.
For more information on the CQC and what we do please see http://www.cqc.org.uk/aboutcqc.cfm

I would suggest that your request for information might be better addressed to CAFCASS directly. You can find further details of how to submit a request to them here:
http://www.cafcass.gov.uk/system_page/fr...

Please be assured that we have carefully considered your request. However, if you are not satisfied with this response you may request an independent internal review by a different member of the Information Governance team, who has
had no involvement in dealing with your request. We aim to deal with FOI/DPA appeals within 20 days of receipt.

If you wish to appeal against this decision, please contact:
The Information Governance Team
Healthcare Commission
Finsbury Tower
103-105 Bunhill Row
London
EC1Y 8TG

Emails should be clearly marked 'Appeal against FOI/DPA' and sent to: [Care Quality Commission request email].

Should you remain dissatisfied after this internal review, you will have a right of complaint to the Information Commissioner. Further information is available at:
Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Telephone: 01625 545 700
www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk

Yours sincerely,

Claire Parry
Information Governance Officer
Secretariat - Information Governance Team
Care Quality Commission
Finsbury Tower
103-105 Bunhill Row
London
EC1Y 8TG

Email: [email address]
Direct Tel: 020 7448 1766
Internal Tel: 3816

Statutory requests for information made pursuant to access to information legislation, such as the Data Protection Act 1998 and the Freedom of Information Act 2000, should be sent to: [Care Quality Commission request email]

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