Education placement information

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Dear Medway Council,

Please can you provide me with the name of the current educational placement (school) of any young people, 16 years of age and under, with educational health care (ehc) plans or statements, placed in independent or non-maintained provision?
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I would like you to supply me with the information requested for the previous academic year - 2017/18.

I would ask you to provide the information in an excel document, broken down under the following headings:

Category of Need (SEMH, ASD, etc.)
Name of School
Type of placement - (Day or residential placement)
Cost of placement per year

I would be grateful if you could send your response in csv. or Excel format within the 20 day reply period.

Yours faithfully,

Lily Kerrigan

freedom, Medway Council

Dear Lily,

Thank you for contacting Medway Council. This response is to acknowledge your email has been received. If this is an initial request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 or Environmental Information Regulations 2004, you can expect to receive a response within 20 working days.

If your email relates to a current request for information, your email will be forwarded to the relevant case officer.
Should your email be because you are dissatisfied with the way we have processed your request the Council has an internal review process and your email will be forwarded to the Information Governance Team for review, you should receive a response within 20 working days.
If you remain dissatisfied you have the right to appeal to the Information Commissioners' Office (ICO) www.ico.org.uk/concerns

Thank you

Kind regards

Kayleigh Williams
Information Governance Apprentice
Medway Council and Gravesham Borough Council
Gun Wharf
Dock Road
Chatham
ME4 4TR
www.medway.gov.uk
[Medway Council request email]
01634 332044

This Email, and any attachments, may contain Protected or Restricted information and is intended solely for the individual to whom it is addressed.  It may contains sensitive or protectively marked material and should be handled accordingly.Nothing in this email message amounts to a contractual or other legal commitment on the part of Medway Council and Gravesham Borough Council. If this Email has been misdirected, please notify the author immediately. If you are not the intended recipient you must not disclose, distribute, copy, print or rely on any of the information contained in it or attached, and all copies must be deleted immediately.Whilst we take reasonable steps to try to identify any software viruses, any attachments to this Email may nevertheless contain viruses which our anti-virus software has failed to identify. You should therefore carry out your own anti-virus checks before opening any documents. Medway Council and Gravesham Borough Council will not accept any liability for damage caused by computer viruses emanating from any attachment or other document supplied with this e-mail. All Medway Council and Gravesham Borough Council and PSN traffic may be subject to recording and / or monitoring in accordance with relevant legislation.

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childrenandadultsfoi, Medway Council

Dear Lily Kerrigan,

Thank you for your enquiry under the Freedom of Information Act. We need to clarify how you are defining 'non-maintained provision' to help us provide the information you have requested.

Kind Regards

Chris

Chris Hudson-Wallis | Executive Support Officer | Medway Council
Gun Wharf, Dock Road, Chatham, ME4 4TR
Dial: 01634 331818 | Web: medway.gov.uk | Twitter: @medway_council | Facebook: Medway Council
 

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Dear childrenandadultsfoi,

Thank you for your email. I require the requested data for both independent schools and also non local authority provision( i.e. charity and voluntary orgs. run schools). I hope this clarifies my requests and allows you to proceed.

Yours sincerely,

Lily Kerrigan

Dear Medway Council,

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

I am writing to request an internal review of Medway Council's handling of my FOI request 'Education placement information'.

The response period to my request has now expired so can you please provide me with the information without further delay?

Yours faithfully,

Lily Kerrigan

freedom, Medway Council

Good morning Ms Kerrigan

Thank you for your email below in which you request an Internal Review of your Freedom of Information request, the Council has 20 working days, from the date of your request, in which to respond to your Internal Review.

Kind regards

Lynne Bush
Information Governance Officer (FOI, EIR & SAR)
Medway Council
Gun Wharf
Dock Road
Chatham ME4 4TR
01634 332066
[Medway Council request email]

Please note I am in the office Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, I work from home on Thursday, I do not work Friday.

This Email, and any attachments, may contain Protected or Restricted information and is intended solely for the individual to whom it is addressed.  It may contain sensitive or protectively marked material and should be handled accordingly.
Nothing in this email message amounts to a contractual or other legal commitment on the part of Medway Council and Gravesham Borough Council. If this Email has been misdirected, please notify the author immediately. If you are not the intended recipient you must not disclose, distribute, copy, print or rely on any of the information contained in it or attached, and all copies must be deleted immediately.
Whilst we take reasonable steps to try to identify any software viruses, any attachments to this Email may nevertheless contain viruses which our anti-virus software has failed to identify. You should therefore carry out your own anti-virus checks before opening any documents. Medway Council and Gravesham Borough Council will not accept any liability for damage caused by computer viruses emanating from any attachment or other document supplied with this e-mail. All Medway Council and Gravesham Borough Council and PSN traffic may be subject to recording and / or monitoring in accordance with relevant legislation.

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murphy, paul (sen team), Medway Council

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Dear Ms.Kerrigan,

Please find attached our reply to your request.

Regards,

Paul Murphy

Paul Murphy | SEN Team Business Manager | Medway Council
Special Educational Needs (SEN) Team, Gun Wharf, Dock Road, Chatham, Kent. ME4 4TR
E-mail: [email address] | Direct dial: (01634) 337176
Web: medway.gov.uk | Twitter: @medway_council | Facebook: Medway Council

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freedom, Medway Council

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Good afternoon Ms Kerrigan

 

Please find attached Medway Council’s response to your request for an
Internal Review.

 

Kind regards

 

Lynne Bush

Information Governance Officer (FOI, EIR & SAR)

Medway Council

Gun Wharf

Dock Road

Chatham ME4 4TR

01634 332066

[1][Medway Council request email]

 

Please note I am in the office Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, I work from
home on Thursday, I do not work Friday.

 

This Email, and any attachments, may contain Protected or Restricted
information and is intended solely for the individual to whom it is
addressed.  It may contain sensitive or protectively marked material and
should be handled accordingly.
Nothing in this email message amounts to a contractual or other legal
commitment on the part of Medway Council and Gravesham Borough Council. If
this Email has been misdirected, please notify the author immediately. If
you are not the intended recipient you must not disclose, distribute,
copy, print or rely on any of the information contained in it or attached,
and all copies must be deleted immediately.
Whilst we take reasonable steps to try to identify any software viruses,
any attachments to this Email may nevertheless contain viruses which our
anti-virus software has failed to identify. You should therefore carry out
your own anti-virus checks before opening any documents. Medway Council
and Gravesham Borough Council will not accept any liability for damage
caused by computer viruses emanating from any attachment or other document
supplied with this e-mail. All Medway Council and Gravesham Borough
Council and PSN traffic may be subject to recording and / or monitoring in
accordance with relevant legislation.

 

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