Closure, sale or transfer of childcare settings

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Dear Devon County Council,

Please provide information on how many of Devon'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

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Dear Lucie Stephens,

Freedom Of Information Act 2000
Reference - 11575528

Thank you for your request. It will be handled in accordance with your rights under the above legislation and the Council's Environmental Information Regulations and Freedom of Information Request Handling Policy.

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Dear Lucie Stephens,

Freedom Of Information Act 2000
Reference - 11575528

We write further to your request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, and apologise for the delay in providing you with a response.

Please see Devon County Council’s response linked to below:

https://www.devon.gov.uk/accesstoinforma...

Please note that Devon County Council now publishes most Freedom of Information and Environmental Information Regulations request responses on its disclosure log. Details of previous responses are available on our disclosure log. The Council requests that members of the public make use of its disclosure log search facility before making a Freedom of Information or Environmental Information Regulations request, as it is possible that the information sought, may have been disclosed in response to a prior request.

If you are unhappy with the response you have received, please email [email address] with your concerns. If your complaint is not resolved to your complete satisfaction, you will have the right to refer the matter to the Information Commissioner’s Office.

We hope this information is of assistance to you.

Regards,

Access to Information Officer

Access to Information Team

01392 383000 – Ask for Access to Information Team

Email: [email address]

Website: Devon County Council

Re-use of information
The information supplied to you continues to be protected by the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. You are free to use it for your own purposes, including any non-commercial research you are doing and for the purposes of news reporting. Use for Direct Marketing purposes is prohibited. Any other re-use, for example commercial publication, would require the permission of the copyright holder. Most documents supplied by Devon County Council will have been produced by local officials and will be our copyright. If you would like to re-use any of the information which has been supplied to you, please contact us. Information you receive which is not subject to our copyright continues to be protected by the copyright of the person, or organisation, from which the information originated. You must ensure that you gain their permission before reproducing any information.


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