Statutory Power to Socially Transition children under 16 within Schools.

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Dear Perth and Kinross Council,

Per FOISA please provide me with information contained in your records as follows:

Please provide statutory powers and legislation that gives all your local authority education and Schools the legal authority to socially transition children under 16 per your CfE?

Yours faithfully,
[name removed]
[name removed]

FOI, Perth and Kinross Council

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Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002

Request for Information – Socially Transitioning Children

I refer to your request for information dated 5 December 2022 as follows:

Per FOISA please provide me with information contained in your records as
follows:

Please provide statutory powers and legislation that gives all your local
authority education and Schools the legal authority to socially transition
children under 16 per your CfE?

  

We have been asked by our information provider to seek clarification from
you as follows:

Can you please provide clarification for this request please as we are
unsure exactly what the requester is looking for/referring to.

In the circumstances, I regret that your request will be on hold until
such time as your request is clarified.

If you need any advice or assistance then please do not hesitate to
contact me.

Yours sincerely

Information Officer

Information Compliance Team

Legal & Governance Services

Corporate and Democratic Services

2 High Street

Perth

PH1 5PH

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Dear FOI,

I am requesting the mandatory duties you have as Statutory Powers you are relying on within legislation to Social Transition Children under 16 years of age - please see Education Scotland Link for definition of Social Transition:

https://www.brook.org.uk/your-life/trans...

When someone changes their gender expression and/or social identity, this is called ‘social transitioning’.

Yours sincerely,
[name removed]
[name removed]

FOI, Perth and Kinross Council

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pandemic, Council resources have been directed towards ensuring the
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Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002

Request for Information – Socially Transitioning Children

I refer to your request for information dated 5 December 2022.

In terms of section 10(1) of the above legislation, Perth and Kinross
Council are obliged to provide a response to your request not later than
the twentieth working day after receipt of your request.  This is known as
the time for compliance which in this instance is 6 January 2023.

Unfortunately it is very unlikely that we will be unable to respond to you
on time due to the office closure for Christmas and New Year. The response
will be issued as soon as possible when the office reopens in the New
Year. Please accept my apologies for any inconvenience this delay may
cause to you.

In the event that you are dissatisfied with the way in which Perth and
Kinross Council has dealt with your request for information, you have a
right to request the Council to review its decision. Please click [1]here
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review.

Should you wish to discuss any aspect of this letter please do not
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Your sincerely

Information Officer

Information Compliance Team

Legal & Governance Services

Corporate and Democratic Services

2 High Street

Perth

PH1 5PH

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FOI, Perth and Kinross Council

[name removed]

 

Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002

Request for Information – Socially Transitioning Children

 

I refer to your request for information dated 5^th December 2022. I
apologise for our response being late and any inconvenience this may have
caused.

The information you requested was:-

 

Please provide statutory powers and legislation that gives all your local
authority education and Schools the legal authority to socially transition
children under 16 per your CfE?

Response

Relative to the above, I am advised of the following:

We not hold the information requested, therefore in terms of section
17(1)(b) of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002, this is formal
notice that this information is not held by Perth and Kinross Council.

However we can advise that our general education duty, which is to provide
an adequate and effective education, is in section 1 of the Education
(Scotland) Act 1980.

 

You have a right to request a review of the Council’s decision. Click
[1]here to view a copy of our information leaflet which explains how to do
this. If you remain dissatisfied after the Council has carried out its
review, you can appeal [2]online to the Scottish Information Commissioner

 

Should you require any further explanation or assistance please do not
hesitate to contact me.

 

Yours sincerely

Information Officer

Information Compliance Team

Legal & Governance Services

Corporate and Democratic Services

2 High Street

Perth

PH1 5PH

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Dear Perth and Kinross Council,

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

I am writing to request an internal review of Perth and Kinross Council's handling of my FOI request 'Statutory Power to Socially Transition children under 16 within Schools.'.

The legislation that was referred to does not provide a staturory or legislative competance to socialy transit chidren under 16 per your curriculum for excellance. With the events of this week being Section 35 being invoked against the Gender Reform Bill, it is clear that this response is not accurate shall we say.

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/s...

Yours faithfully,
Moira Brown
[name removed]

FOI, Perth and Kinross Council

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Perth and Kinross Council

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FOI Review, Perth and Kinross Council

Dear Moira Brown

I am writing to acknowledge receipt of your email dated 20 January 2023,
in which you requested a review of the Council’s response to your recent
FOI request.

The information you requested was:

Please provide statutory powers and legislation that gives all your local
authority education and Schools the legal authority to socially transition
children under 16 per your CfE?

You have requested a review of the Council’s response on the grounds that
you believe it is inaccurate.

Your request for review will be processed on behalf of Alan Taylor, the
Head of Corporate IT and Revenues, who is the Council’s FOI and EIRs
Review Officer.  Mr Taylor will issue the Council’s final decision by 17
February 2023.

Yours sincerely

Information Governance Officer

Perth & Kinross Council

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Dear Moira Brown

Please find attached the response to your recent request for review.

Kind regards,

Information Governance Officer

Legal and Governance Services

Perth and Kinross Council

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