Education placement information

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Dear Tower Hamlets Borough 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

London Borough of Tower Hamlets, Tower Hamlets Borough Council

Information request
Our reference: 14919198

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Dear Sir/Madam,
 
Freedom of Information Act 2000
 
Thank you for your request for information that was received on 22 January
2019  requesting:

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.
 
We are dealing with your request under the Freedom of Information Act
2000  and we aim to send a response by 19 February 2019.
 
In some case, a fee may be payable. If we decide a fee is payable, we will
send you a fee notice and we will require you to pay the fee before
proceeding with your request.
 
The Freedom of Information Act 2000  may restrict the release of some or
all of the information you have requested. We will carry out an assessment
and if any exemptions  apply to some or all of the information then we
might not provide that information to you. We will inform you if this is
the case and advise you of your rights to request an internal review and
to complain to the Information Commissioner's Office.
 
We will also advise you if we cannot provide you with the information
requested for any other reason together with the reason(s) why and details
of how you may appeal (if appropriate).
 
Yours faithfully
 
 
INFORMATION GOVERNANCE
Complaints and Information
020 7364 4736
[Tower Hamlets Borough Council request email]
 
NOTE: Please do not edit the subject line when replying to this email.

London Borough of Tower Hamlets, Tower Hamlets Borough Council

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Information request
Our reference: 14919198

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Dear Sir/Madam
 
Your request for information has been considered under the requirements of
the Freedom of Information Act 2000. 
Please find attached our response to your request.
If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have the
right to ask for an internal review. Internal review requests should be
submitted within two months of the date of receipt of the response to your
original letter and should be addressed to:
 
Complaints and Information
Town Hall
Mulberry Place
5 Clove Crescent
E14 2BG
icw[Tower Hamlets Borough Council request email] 
 

If you are still dissatisfied with the Council's response after the
internal review you have a right of appeal to the Information Commissioner
at:
The Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire SK9 5AF.
Telephone: 01625 545 700
Website: www.ico.gov.uk  

Yours faithfully
 
 
Jane Jones
Information Governance Officer
Legal Services
020 7364 2197
[email address]
 
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Dear London Borough of Tower Hamlets,

To enable you to proceed my request, I am happy to simplify it to only providing me with a list of the non-maintained and independent providers that you place children and young people under 16 with an EHCP at?

Yours sincerely,

Lily Kerrigan

London Borough of Tower Hamlets, Tower Hamlets Borough Council

Ms Kerrigan
 
Thank you for your email, I will go back to the team to see if they are
able to provide this information.  There were problems with their
reporting tools and they were having trouble extracting information.
 
Regards
 
Jane

Dear Tower Hamlets Borough Council,

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

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

The deadline for you to respond to my request has lapsed, so can you please respond with the required information as a matter of urgency.

Yours faithfully,

Lily Kerrigan

London Borough of Tower Hamlets, Tower Hamlets Borough Council

Information request
Our reference: 14919198

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Dear Sir/Madam,
 
Thank you for your request for a review received on 1 March 2019. I am
sorry that you are dissatisfied with our attempts to handle your request
under the Freedom of Information Act 2000
 
I can confirm that we are considering your concerns and we will aim to
provide you with a response by 29 March 2019.
 
Yours faithfully
 
 
Shipa Begum
Complaints and Information Admin Officer
Complaints and Information
020 7364 4736
[email address]
 
NOTE: Please do not edit the subject line when replying to this email.

London Borough of Tower Hamlets, Tower Hamlets Borough Council

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Dear Ms Kerrigan
 
Please find attached final response to your request for internal review
sent on behalf of Robert Wingate, Information Governance and Complaints
Manager.
 
Yours sincerely
 
Jessica Vinluan
Senior Information Governance and Complaints Officer