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Information on West Road Children's Home, Wellington

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Dear Telford and Wrekin Council,

Under the Freedom of Information Act, I am requesting the details that you hold on the residential home for looked-after children, which was located on West Road, Wellington in the 1980s. Specifically:

a) When the building was opened as a residential home for children in care/looked-after children

b) When the building ceased to operate as a residential care facility

c) Reasons for closure of the building as a residential care facility

d) Number of children resident in the facility at time of closure

Yours faithfully,

L. MacLaren

Freedom of Information, Telford and Wrekin Council



Telford & Wrekin Council offices will be closesd between Monday 24th
December and Wednesday 26th Decemeber inclusive therefore please note any
Freedom of Information requests recieved in that period will not be
handled until Thursday 27th December 2016.

Telford and Wrekin Council

Dear MacLaren

Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 2000 Acknowledgement -TWC-50884

Thank you for your request for information received by us on 31 December
2018 asking for the following:

 

I am requesting the details that you hold on the residential home for
looked-after children, which was located on West Road, Wellington in the
1980s. Specifically:

 

a) When the building was opened as a residential home for children in
care/looked-after children

 

b) When the building ceased to operate as a residential care facility

 

c) Reasons for closure of the building as a residential care facility

 

d) Number of children resident in the facility at time of closure

 

The Freedom of Information Act requires us to provide this information to
you within 20 working days of receiving your request. Therefore we will
aim to respond to you by the 29 January 2019

However, if the information you request is subject to an exemption which
prevents us from releasing it, as defined by the Act, we will issue you
with a Refusal Notice together with your rights of appeal.  

There are circumstances where a fee may be payable by you to cover
administration costs (e.g. printing, copying, postage and packaging). If
this applies to your request we will issue you with a ‘Fees Notice’
requesting payment. The fee must be paid before the information requested
is processed and released. The 20 working day time limit for responding
to your request will be suspended until payment is received.

In the meantime, if you have any queries please do not hesitate to contact
us, quoting the above reference number.

 

Yours sincerely

Rob Montgomery

Information Governance

 

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Dear Telford and Wrekin Council,

The authority should have responded by law within 20 working days. This request is now overdue. Please could you provide the requested information, as required under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 2000

Yours faithfully,

L MacLaren

Telford and Wrekin Council

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Dear MacLaren

Freedom of information request Reference TWC-50884

 

Please find attached your response

 

Kind Regards

Information Governance

Audit,  Information Governance and Insurance Services

Finance, Audit & Information Governance

Telford & Wrekin Council

 

Telford & Wrekin Council, Audit & Information Governance, Darby House,
Lawn Central, Town Centre, Telford, TF3 4JA

 

e-mail: [Telford and Wrekin Council request email]

 

 

 

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Dear Telford and Wrekin Council,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of Telford and Wrekin Council's handling of my FOI request 'Information on West Road Children's Home, Wellington'.

After waiting for over the 20 working days required to obtain this information from Telford and Wrekin Council, I was advised that you do not hold the information and that it is held by Shropshire Council.

Shropshire Council have confirmed under an FOI request that this information would have been transferred to Telford and Wrekin when the building passed over to this Council in 1998. I attach their response below.

Dear Ms McLaren
Further to your request for information. We are very sorry for the delay in responding.
You asked for information about West Road Children's Home, Wellington.
Shropshire Council does not hold the information requested. This property went over to Telford and Wrekin Council in 1998. All records would have transferred to Telford and Wrekin Council at that time.
Yours sincerely
Information Governance Team
Shropshire Council
Shirehall
Abbey Foregate
SHREWSBURY
SY2 6ND
Telephone: 01743 252179
Email: [Shropshire Council request email]
[ GIVE DETAILS ABOUT YOUR COMPLAINT HERE ]

I would like to know why I was referred to Shropshire Council given that the information was handed over to Telford and Wrekin. I would also like the information to be provided as per the original request.

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/i...

Yours faithfully,

L MacLaren

Dear Telford and Wrekin Council,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of Telford and Wrekin Council's handling of my FOI request 'Information on West Road Children's Home, Wellington'.

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/i...

Yours faithfully,

L MacLaren

Freedom of Information, Telford and Wrekin Council

Dear L Maclaren,

Many Thanks for your appeal, can I please ask you have asked for a review of the handling of this request, is it our answer to the questions you raised that you are appealing?

Kind Regards
Sue

Susan Wright -  Information Governance Officer
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Telford & Wrekin Council
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Darby House
Lawn Central
Town Centre
Telford
TF3 4JA

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Dear Sue,

I am asking for a review of the following points:

1) Why answers were not provided to the initial FOI request on the grounds that the information was held by Shropshire Council, when Shropshire Council have confirmed that this information was transferred to Telford & Wrekin in 1998.

2) Why, in spite of having been told that it is Telford and Wrekin Council that holds this information, as confirmed by Shropshire Council, the responses to the original questions have still not been provided.

Yours faithfully,

L MacLaren

Dear Freedom of Information,

Please confirm that the above message provides all of the information you require.

Yours sincerely,

L MacLaren

Freedom of Information, Telford and Wrekin Council

Thank you for your clarification I shall look into your appeal for you.

Regards
Sue

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Dear Freedom of Information,

Please could you provide an update on this request, which is now overdue, and also an update on the internal review.

Yours sincerely,

L MacLaren

Dear Telford and Wrekin Council,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of Telford and Wrekin Council's handling of my FOI request 'Information on West Road Children's Home, Wellington'.

The response is now long overdue. Answers have been received neither to the original questions nor to my query as to why the FOI request was incorrectly redirected to Shropshire Council.

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/i...

Yours faithfully,

L MacLaren

Freedom of Information, Telford and Wrekin Council

Dear L MacLaren,

We apologise for the delay, we have chased the service area and will come back to you next week with a response.

Kind Regards

Sue Wright

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Telford and Wrekin Council

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Dear L MacLaren

Freedom of information request Reference TWC-50884

 

Please find attached your appeal response, Please accept our appolgies for
the delay in responding.

 

Kind Regards

Sue Wright

Information Governance

Audit,  Information Governance and Insurance Services

Finance, Audit & Information Governance

Telford & Wrekin Council

 

Telford & Wrekin Council, Audit & Information Governance, Darby House,
Lawn Central, Town Centre, Telford, TF3 4JA

 

e-mail: [Telford and Wrekin Council request email]

 

 

 

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Dear Sir/Madam

 

You have previously been in touch with the Independent Inquiry into
Telford Child Sexual Exploitation (“the IITCSE Inquiry”) and provided
personal data. The IITCSE Inquiry has recently updated its privacy policy,
which explains how the IITCSE Inquiry will process data during its work.
The updated policy can be found at [1]www.iitcse.com/privacy-policy. If
you have any queries in relation to the policy please do get in touch.

 

Yours faithfully

 

 

 

Commissioning Body

Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP

Independent Inquiry

Telford Child Sexual

Exploitation

 

Freephone: 0800 389 4322

 

Any information provided to the Inquiry will be treated as confidential,
and will be processed in accordance with our Privacy Policy, as set out at
[2]www.iitcse.com/privacy-policy.  A hard copy is available on request.

 

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