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Dear Lambeth Borough Council,

Please would you provide me with copies of all communications regarding elective home education between your education department and Educational Freedom from the dates 1.1.13 to today's date? Taking care to redact any personal information from these communications.

Yours faithfully,

A Thurstan

Jane Shields, Lambeth Borough Council

 
Information request
Our reference: IR183869

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Thank you for your request for information that was received on 20
December 2016.
 
Request details:  Communications .
 
We are dealing with your request and aim to respond within 20 working
days, by 20 January 2017.
 
 
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we will explain the reason why in our response.
 
 
Thank you for your interest in Lambeth Council.
 
 
Yours sincerely
 
 
Brooke Glover
Freedom of Information Team
London Borough of Lambeth
E-mail: [Lambeth Borough Council request email]
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centralteam, Lambeth Borough Council

Dear Mr / Ms Thurston

 

Thank you for your request for information received on 20 December 2016. 
This request is being handled under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. 
 Please find below our response to the information you requested, which
was:

 

Please would you provide me with copies of all communications regarding
elective home education between your education department and Educational
Freedom from the dates 1.1.13 to today's date? Taking care to redact any
personal information from these communications.

 

Our Response

 

Your request for information has now been considered and it has been
decided that the information requested is exempt from disclosure in
accordance with S40(2) of the Freedom of Information Act - Personal Data.

 

Section 40 Personal Data of the FOIA sets out an exemption from the right
to know if the information requested is personal information protected by
the Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA).  The personal data about third parties
are exempt under section 40(2), by virtue of the condition in subsection
40(3)(b) being satisfied, as disclosure to a member of the public
otherwise than under the FOIA would breach the first, second and possibly
the fourth data protection principles.  

 

Personal data is defined in Section 1(1) of the DPA as:

o “personal data” means data which relates to a living individual who
can be identified from those data; or
o from those data and other information which is in the possession of,
or is likely to come into the possession of, the data controller.

 

The Council has concluded that, in this instance, the information
requested contains third party personal data.  Under Section 40(2) of the
FOI Act, personal data is exempt from release if disclosure would breach
one of the data protection principles.  We consider the principle being
most relevant in this instance as being the first. This exemption is
absolute and is not subject to the public interest test.

 

In reaching this conclusion what we have borne in mind is that disclosure
of information under the Freedom of Information Act in effect entails
disclosure not only to the person requesting the information but also to
the public at large.

 

In accordance with Section 17 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, this
correspondence acts as a Refusal Notice.

 

 

Right to Review

 

If you are dissatisfied with the way in which your Freedom of Information
request has been dealt with you can request an internal review.  Tell us
why you are unhappy with our response within 40 working days, and it will
be looked at afresh. We will aim to provide you with our review response
within 20 working days.

 

By email: [1][Lambeth Borough Council request email] (Please quote the reference number above)
or by writing to:

 

Freedom of Information
Olive Morris House

Brixton Hill
London
SW2 1RD

 

 

If you remain dissatisfied with the outcome of the review you have a
further right to appeal to the Information Commissioner, who regulates the
implementation of the Freedom of Information Act.  The Commissioner can be
contacted at the following address:

 

Information Commissioner’s Office

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire

SK9 5AF

 

Enquiry line: 0303 123 1113

 

Thank you for your interest in Lambeth Council.

 

 

Corporate Complaints Unit

London Borough of Lambeth

Finance and Resources Department

Team Tel:  020 7926 0547

Website: [2]www.lambeth.gov.uk

 

If you have received this in error please delete all content and notify
the sender immediately.

 

 

Copyright

 

Some 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 Lambeth Council.

 

Applications for permission to reproduce extracts in published works,
should be made to the Freedom of Information Co-ordinator, Olive Morris
House, 18 Brixton Hill, London, SW2 1RL. Email: [3][Lambeth Borough Council request email]

 

You are free to use any information supplied 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.

 

The copyright in other information may be owned by another person or
organisation, is indicated on the information itself.  For information
where the copyright is owned by another person or organisation you must
apply to the copyright owner to obtain their permission.

 

 

Direct Marketing

 

If an organisation intends to use personal names and addresses from what
has been supplied to you for direct marketing, the organisation needs to
be registered with the Information Commissioner to process Personal Data
for this purpose. Organisations must also check that the individual (whom
you wish to contact for direct marketing purposes) is not registered with
one of the Preference Services to prevent Direct Marketing, if they are
you must adhere to this Preference. Follow this Link
[https://ico.org.uk/] for more information. 

 

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Dear centralteam,

Thank you for your response.

However, I have specifically asked for any personal information to be redacted from any information published, meaning there should not be an issue with data protection as NO personal information should be visible.

This is further supported by the simple fact that Educational Freedom is a organisation which is not (to my knowledge) contracted by Lambeth Borough Council, nor an entity (as far as I can tell) dealing with personal matters or identifiable information.

If you like I can send you a permanent marker to go through and redact the information?

Please give me the postal address to send it to.

Yours sincerely,

A Thurstan

Internal review team, Lambeth Borough Council

Information request
Our reference: IR183869

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Dear A Thurstan,
 
Thank you for your request for a review received on 17th January 2017. I
am sorry that you are dissatisfied with our attempts to handle your
request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000
Please quote your case reference number, IR183869, in any further
correspondence about to this Internal Review request. 

The Council anticipates responding within a period of 20 working days
following the date of receipt; in this case that date is 14 February 2017.

 

Please send Freedom of Information requests / Internal Review Requests to
[1][Lambeth Borough Council request email]

 

Thank you for your interest in Lambeth Council.

 

Yours sincerely

 

Danielle Manston
Freedom of Information Team
London Borough of Lambeth
 
Tel. 02079260547
E-mail: [2][Lambeth Borough Council request email]
website: [3]www.lambeth.gov.uk
 
2nd Floor
Olive Morris House
18 Brixton Hill
London
SW2 1RL
London Borough of Lambeth
 
 
Lambeth - the co-operative council
Lambeth council has set out plans for the latest budget savings - find out
more at http://lambeth.gov.uk/toughchoices Disclaimers apply - full
details at https://www.lambeth.gov.uk/email-disclai...

References

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Internal review team, Lambeth Borough Council

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Information request
Our reference: IR183869

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Dear A Thurston
I write in connection with the above-referenced Internal Review and attach
all correspondence held.

We have redacted personal data in accordance with Section 40(2) FOIA.

 

If you remain dissatisfied with the outcome of the review you have a
further right to appeal to the Information Commissioner, who regulates the
implementation of the Freedom of Information Act. The Commissioner can be
contacted at the following address:

 

Information Commissioner’s Office

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire

SK9 5AF

 

Enquiry line: 0303 123 1113

 

Thank you for your interest in Lambeth Council.

 

Jane Shields LLB LLM

Policy & Communications Manager

 

 

Freedom of Information Team
London Borough of Lambeth
 
Tel: 020 7926 0547
E-mail: [1][Lambeth Borough Council request email]
website: [2]www.lambeth.gov.uk
 
2nd Floor
Olive Morris House
18 Brixton Hill
London
SW2 1RL
 
Lambeth - the co-operative council

 

Lambeth council has set out plans for the latest budget savings - find out
more at http://lambeth.gov.uk/toughchoices Disclaimers apply - full
details at https://www.lambeth.gov.uk/email-disclai...

References

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