Teachers who are members of political Parties.
Dear Sir or Madam,
By letter of 30 September 2009, The Secretary of State Ed Balls appointed Maurice Smith to enquire into the "promotion of racism in schools". Part of the review is aimed at determining whether members of the British National Party (BNP) should be allowed to work as teachers or in the wider school workforce.
Please provide the following information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
1. Has your authority ever found a member of the BNP or any other political Party guilty of a disciplinary offence related to their Party membership in the last three years? If so please give information as to when and how many.
2. Has any parent complained to you regarding the Party membership of any employee or the expression of political views within School classrooms under your authority during the last three years?
3. What safeguards do you currently have in place to prevent members of any political Party promoting their views within Schools?
Mark Walker
Solidarity Trade Union
www.solidaritytradeunion.org
Brent Council - INFORMATION REQUEST
Our Reference: 544348
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Dear Mr. Walker
Thank you for your request for information received on 8 October 2009.
We aim to respond to your request within 20 working days.
However, whilst we may send the formal notification of the decision to the
email address you have provided we will not send the information requested
to that address. This is because we are aware that doing so will
automatically result in the information being published on the
whatdotheyknow website. Publication of information in this way may
constitute an unauthorised re-use (under the Re-use of Public Sector
Information Regulations 2005) and may infringe copyright. I would therefore
be grateful if you will provide me with an alternative disclosure address.
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does not result in automatic publication and re-use.
If you wish to apply for permission to re-use any of the requested
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Council, Floor 5, 349-357 High Road, Wembley HA9 6BZ , telephone 020 8937
1402, e-mail [Brent Borough Council request email]
Please note that we do accept your request as valid and we will be
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Yours sincerely
Stephen F Williams,
For Brent ITU
[email address]
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Brent Council - INFORMATION REQUEST
Our Reference: 544348
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Dear Mr. Walker
Further to your request for information received on 8 October 2009 I am
writing to apologise for the delay in this response and to inform you that
unfortunately the information you requested cannot be supplied as it is not
held by Brent Council. I am informed by Children & Families that all of the
issues to which you refer are matters for the schools themselves.
If you are dissatisfied with the response or how the Council has handled
your request you can complain to the Council by writing to the following
address: IT Standards Manager at Brent Council,&Floor 5, 349-357 High Road,
Wembley HA9 6BZ, telephone 020 8937 1402, e-mail [Brent Borough Council request email]. It is the
Council's policy to ensure that, where practicable, your complaint is dealt
with by someone who was not involved in the original decision.
You also have a right of appeal about our decision to the Information
Commissioner, however, the Information Commissioner will not normally
consider an appeal until you have exhausted your rights of redress and
complaint to the Council. The Information Commissioner can be contacted as
follows:
Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow,
Cheshire SK9 5AF; Telephone: 01625 545 700,
www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk
As part of our commitment to improve our service to our customers we would
welcome any feedback on the way that we have dealt with your request.
Yours sincerely
Stephen F Williams,
DPA & FOI Consultant
[email address]
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