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Commissioning of services for Children’s Services

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Dear Merton Borough Council,

Please can you provide the current/latest organisational structure for Children’s Services and Early Years teams – including the names and job titles of all senior management and strategic heads of departments, budget holders for training, and development across Children’s Services, along with contact numbers and email addresses.

Please can you provide details of the personal assistant for their senior management team.
Please can you provide a list of external suppliers involved with Children’s Services, including preferred outsources.

Also, could you please provide the names, job titles, contact numbers, and email addresses of those who are responsible for the commissioning of services for Children’s Services such as Children’s Homes, Leaving Care, Fostering, and Youth Offending – including any Councillors who sit on any children-related committees.

Yours faithfully,

C Leach

foi, Merton Borough Council

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Dear C Leach

 

Freedom of Information 2000 /Environmental Information Regulation request
2004 F13072

 

We have now considered your request for information as set out in your
email below.

Please can you provide the current/latest organisational structure for
Children’s Services and Early Years teams – including the names and job
titles of all senior management and strategic heads of departments, budget
holders for training, and development across Children’s Services, along
with contact numbers and email addresses.

Please can you provide details of the personal assistant for their senior
management team.

Please see the attached document. Please be aware that the names of
individuals are exempt under section 40(2) of the Freedom of Information
Act, 2000.  This is because it is personal data and disclosure would
contravene the Data Protection Act. This applies because the individual(s)
are below the level of Assistant Director and as such do not expect their
personal details to be revealed to the world at large, which disclosure
under the FOIA has to be considered as. 

Please can you provide a list of external suppliers involved with
Children’s Services, including preferred outsources –

As this information is available online, it is exempt under section 21 of
the Freedom of Information Act, 2000, as it is information which is
already reasonably accessible by other means.  In accordance with the
Freedom of Information Act, 2000, this is a refusal notice.

You will find the information you have requested at the following link:

[1]https://www.merton.gov.uk/council-and-lo...

The webpage link gives access to the detailed records of council payments
each month over £500 in value. The records can be filtered to show those
specifically relating to payments relating to the council’s Children,
Schools & Families Department and provide details of the organisations to
whom the payments were made as well as the amount and a general
description of the purpose.

Also, could you please provide the names, job titles, contact numbers, and
email addresses of those who are responsible for the commissioning of
services for Children’s Services such as Children’s Homes, Leaving Care,
Fostering, and Youth Offending – including any Councillors who sit on any
children-related committees – Social workers responsible for sourcing
placements for children and young people and a placement manager

This information is exempt under section 40(2) of the Freedom of
Information Act, 2000.  This is because it is personal data and disclosure
would contravene the Data Protection Act. This applies because the
individual(s) are below the level of Assistant Director and as such do not
expect their personal details to be revealed to the world at large, which
disclosure under the FOIA has to be considered as. 

In accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000 this is a Refusal
Notice to provide the namesand contact details of individuals. You have
the right of appeal against the decision, as set out below.

If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request or wish to
appeal against the decision to exempt any part of your request, you should
request an Internal Review at [2][Merton Borough Council request email] or write in to Freedom
of Information team, Merton Council, Civic Centre, Morden, SM4 5DX.

If you escalate to the Information Commissioners Office (ICO) without
following the council’s internal review process, the ICO will refer you
back to the council to enable the correct process to be followed.

You can also appeal to the Information Commissioner at: Information
Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9
5AF.  Telephone:  0303 123 1113.  Website: [3]www.ico.org.uk

Kind regards

Michael Cook

 

Michael Cook

Information Governance Officer

Information Governance Team

Merton Council

[4]www.merton.gov.uk

 

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