Closure, sale or transfer of childcare settings

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Dear Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council,

Please provide information on how many of Walsall's nurseries and children's centres have been sold, transferred or closed between January 2015 and June 2021. Please provide the full address of each of the buildings that have been affected and the super output area in which they are located.

Of those that have been sold or transferred please detail (by providing the full address) how many went to
- public sector organisations (including schools, colleges and health providers)
- private providers (for profit providers)
- voluntary and/ or community sector providers (not for profit providers)

Please detail how many childcare places this represents in total and detail the number of childcare places that have been transferred in settings sold or transferred broken down by public sector providers, private providers and voluntary and community sector providers.

Please detail how many staff posts this represents in total and detail the number of staff posts in settings sold or transferred to public sector providers, private providers and voluntary and community sector providers.

Many thanks for your swift response.
Yours faithfully,

Lucie Stephens

Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council

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Dear Ms Stephens

 

Request for Information RFI-3222-21

 

Thank you for your request for information relating to Closure, sale or
transfer of childcare settings which was received on 15 July 2021.

 

In accordance with the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000
the council will respond to your request within 20 working days, saying
whether we have the information that you want, and if there will be any
charges. 

 

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Yours sincerely,

Julie Noble

 

 

Assurance Team, Resources and Transformation

Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council,

Civic Centre,

Darwall Street,

Walsall, WS1 1DG

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Dear Ms Stephens,

 

Freedom of Information Request RFI-3222-21

 

Further to your request for information about Closure, sale or transfer of
childcare settings, I can tell you the following:

Please see attached.

 

Most of the information that we provide in response to Freedom of
Information Act 2000 requests will be subject to copyright protection.  In
most cases the copyright will be owned by Walsall Council. The copyright
in respect of other information may be owned by another person or
organisation, as indicated.

 

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request for your own non-commercial research or private study purposes.
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dissatisfied, you should set out in writing your grounds for complaint and
send to: Corporate Assurance Manager, Resources & Transformation, Civic
Centre, Darwall Street, Walsall, WS1 1TP.

 

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directly to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for a decision.
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Information Commissioner can be contacted at: The Information
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Yours sincerely,

Anne Perks

Assurance Officer

 

 

Assurance Team, Resources and Transformation

Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council,

Civic Centre,

Darwall Street,

Walsall, WS1 1DG

Email: [Walsall Council request email]

Service area: [2]walsall.gov.uk/ Information Governance and Assurance

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Dear Ms Stephens

Apologies I sent over the table without the below staffing information, I
will send this over shortly.

Please detail how many staff posts this represents in total and detail the
number of staff posts in settings sold or transferred to public sector
providers, private providers and voluntary and community sector providers.

Regards 

Anne Perks

Assurance Officer

From: [email address]
Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2021 9:54 AM
To: [FOI #774440 email]
Subject: RFI-3222-21 - Closure, sale or transfer of childcare settings -
Response

 

Dear Ms Stephens,

 

Freedom of Information Request RFI-3222-21

 

Further to your request for information about Closure, sale or transfer of
childcare settings, I can tell you the following:

Please see attached.

 

Most of the information that we provide in response to Freedom of
Information Act 2000 requests will be subject to copyright protection.  In
most cases the copyright will be owned by Walsall Council. The copyright
in respect of other information may be owned by another person or
organisation, as indicated.

 

You are free to use any information supplied to you in response to this
request for your own non-commercial research or private study purposes.
The information may also be used for any other purpose allowed by a
limitation or exception in copyright law, such as news reporting.
 However, any other type of re-use, for example by publishing the
information in analogue or digital form, including on the internet, will
require the permission of the copyright owner.

 

I hope that the information provided is useful to you. However, if you are
dissatisfied, you should set out in writing your grounds for complaint and
send to: Corporate Assurance Manager, Resources & Transformation, Civic
Centre, Darwall Street, Walsall, WS1 1TP.

 

If you are not content with the outcome of your complaint, you may apply
directly to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for a decision.
Please remember that, generally, the ICO cannot make a decision unless you
have first exhausted the complaints procedure provided by the council. The
Information Commissioner can be contacted at: The Information
Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9
5AF. [1]https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/

 

Yours sincerely,

Anne Perks

Assurance Officer

 

 

Assurance Team, Resources and Transformation

Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council,

Civic Centre,

Darwall Street,

Walsall, WS1 1DG

Email: [Walsall Council request email]

Service area: [2]walsall.gov.uk/ Information Governance and Assurance

Website:  [3]www.walsall.gov.uk

 

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Dear Ms Stephens

Apologies that I am sending you information in separate e-mails but I'm
trying to send you the information as soon as I receive it from the
relevant service.

Please see attached information regarding number of places.

Staffing information to follow shortly.

Regards

Anne Perks

Assurance Officer

From: [email address]
Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2021 11:19 AM
To: [FOI #774440 email]
Subject: FW: RFI-3222-21 - Closure, sale or transfer of childcare settings

 

Dear Ms Stephens

Apologies I sent over the table without the below staffing information, I
will send this over shortly.

Please detail how many staff posts this represents in total and detail the
number of staff posts in settings sold or transferred to public sector
providers, private providers and voluntary and community sector providers.

Regards 

Anne Perks

Assurance Officer

From: [email address]
Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2021 9:54 AM
To: [FOI #774440 email]
Subject: RFI-3222-21 - Closure, sale or transfer of childcare settings -
Response

 

Dear Ms Stephens,

 

Freedom of Information Request RFI-3222-21

 

Further to your request for information about Closure, sale or transfer of
childcare settings, I can tell you the following:

Please see attached.

 

Most of the information that we provide in response to Freedom of
Information Act 2000 requests will be subject to copyright protection.  In
most cases the copyright will be owned by Walsall Council. The copyright
in respect of other information may be owned by another person or
organisation, as indicated.

 

You are free to use any information supplied to you in response to this
request for your own non-commercial research or private study purposes.
The information may also be used for any other purpose allowed by a
limitation or exception in copyright law, such as news reporting.
 However, any other type of re-use, for example by publishing the
information in analogue or digital form, including on the internet, will
require the permission of the copyright owner.

 

I hope that the information provided is useful to you. However, if you are
dissatisfied, you should set out in writing your grounds for complaint and
send to: Corporate Assurance Manager, Resources & Transformation, Civic
Centre, Darwall Street, Walsall, WS1 1TP.

 

If you are not content with the outcome of your complaint, you may apply
directly to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for a decision.
Please remember that, generally, the ICO cannot make a decision unless you
have first exhausted the complaints procedure provided by the council. The
Information Commissioner can be contacted at: The Information
Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9
5AF. [1]https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/

 

Yours sincerely,

Anne Perks

Assurance Officer

 

 

Assurance Team, Resources and Transformation

Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council,

Civic Centre,

Darwall Street,

Walsall, WS1 1DG

Email: [Walsall Council request email]

Service area: [2]walsall.gov.uk/ Information Governance and Assurance

Website:  [3]www.walsall.gov.uk

 

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Dear Ms Stephens,

 

I write to acknowledge and apologise for the delay in responding to the
latter part of your request regarding 'how many staff posts' which I
e-mailed you about on 11/8/21.  As you know, the council is required to
respond to all requests for information under the Freedom of Information
Act within 20 working days, unless a ‘qualified exception’ applies that
requires the consideration of the Public Interest.

Walsall Council takes its obligations under this legislation extremely
seriously and I am sorry that in this case we have not met this timescale.

 

I would like to take this opportunity to assure you of our best
intentions to provide you with the remaining information.  I can confirm
that a  reply to your request will be sent to you on or before 3 September
2021.

 

If you have any queries in regard to this process, please do not hesitate
to contact us.

 

Yours sincerely,

Anne Perks

Assurance Officer

 

 

Assurance Team, Resources and Transformation

Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council,

Civic Centre,

Darwall Street,

Walsall, WS1 1DG

Email: [Walsall Council request email]

Service area: [1]walsall.gov.uk/ Information Governance and Assurance

Website:  [2]www.walsall.gov.uk

 

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Dear Ms Stephens,

 

Freedom of Information Request

 

Please accept my sincerest apologies for the delay you have experienced in
receiving a response to the latter part of your request regarding 'how
many staff posts', which I e-mailed a delay notification on 24/8/21.

After many searches to determine whether the councils still holds the
staffing information, it was concluded that this information is no longer
held, therefore the information you have requested is not recorded or held
information and is therefore exempt from disclosure under section 1 of the
Freedom of Information Act. 

 

Most of the information that we provide in response to Freedom of
Information Act 2000 requests will be subject to copyright protection.  In
most cases the copyright will be owned by Walsall Council. The copyright
in respect of other information may be owned by another person or
organisation, as indicated.

 

You are free to use any information supplied to you in response to this
request for your own non-commercial research or private study purposes.
The information may also be used for any other purpose allowed by a
limitation or exception in copyright law, such as news reporting.
 However, any other type of re-use, for example by publishing the
information in analogue or digital form, including on the internet, will
require the permission of the copyright owner.

 

I hope that the information provided is useful to you. However, if you are
dissatisfied, you should set out in writing your grounds for complaint and
send to: Lead Assurance Officer, Business Change, Civic Centre, Darwall
Street, Walsall, WS1 1TP.

 

If you are not content with the outcome of your complaint, you may apply
directly to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for a decision.
Please remember that, generally, the ICO cannot make a decision unless you
have first exhausted the complaints procedure provided by the council. The
Information Commissioner can be contacted at: The Information
Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9
5AF.

 

Again I would like to offer my apologies for any inconvenience the delay
to your request may have caused you.

 

Yours sincerely,

Anne Perks

Assurance Officer

 

 

Assurance Team, Resources and Transformation

Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council,

Civic Centre,

Darwall Street,

Walsall, WS1 1DG

Email: [Walsall Council request email]

Service area: [1]walsall.gov.uk/ Information Governance and Assurance

Website:  [2]www.walsall.gov.uk

 

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to communicate with you in a more secure way. If you want us to respond by
email you must realise that there can be no guarantee of privacy.

 

 

 

 

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