Autism parents falsely accused and convicted

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Dear Ministry of Justice,

How many parents of Autistic people were falsely accused of causing their children's behaviour with various types of abuse, then subsequently falsely charged, convicted, and imprisoned on the basis of those allegations from 1980-2000? Also, how many of those parents were subsequently discovered to be on the Autistic Spectrum themselves? Please realise that I am not asking about specific instances, only requesting the numbers (stats).

Yours faithfully,

Sheogorath.

Richards, Monica,

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Monica Richards
Operational Support
London Regional Support Unit

HM Courts and Tribunal Service
Post Point 9.02 / 9th Floor / 102 Petty France
London / SW1H 9AJ / DX 152380 Westminster 8

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Dar Sheograth
 
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Dear Ministry of Justice,

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

I am writing to request an internal review of Ministry of Justice's handling of my FOI request 'Autism parents falsely accused and convicted'.

In the answer to my FOI request, it was claimed that "[the records you seek] have been destroyed in line with the Record Retention Policy, which I have attached below." However, it does not appear to be the case that anything was attached to the email apart from the letter from which I copy/pasted the above statement. In addition, I was informed that I could request a review of the decision by emailing the Data Access and Compliance Unit, then shown a fully redacted email address of which I could only guess the last two parts (.gov.uk). Basically, without hard evidence that court records are periodically destroyed without backups being created, I am forced to assume that this is not the case and somebody is reluctant to reveal anonymised information.

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

Yours faithfully,

Sheogorath.

Civil & Family Business Support,

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Dear Sheogorath
 
Please find enclosed my response to the internal review you requested
together with supporting retention schedule.
 
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using then please let me know and I will copy and paste the text within an
email.
 
Thank you.
 
 
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S Khanam
Civil Business Improvement
 
 
HM Courts & Tribunals Service | Civil, Family & Tribunals Directorate
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Dear Ministry of Justice,

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

I am writing to request an internal review of Ministry of Justice's
handling of my FOI request 'Autism parents falsely accused and convicted'.

In the answer to my FOI request, it was claimed that "[the records you
seek] have been destroyed in line with the Record Retention Policy, which
I have attached below." However, it does not appear to be the case that
anything was attached to the email apart from the letter from which I
copy/pasted the above statement. In addition, I was informed that I could
request a review of the decision by emailing the Data Access and
Compliance Unit, then shown a fully redacted email address of which I
could only guess the last two parts (.gov.uk). Basically, without hard
evidence that court records are periodically destroyed without backups
being created, I am forced to assume that this is not the case and
somebody is reluctant to reveal anonymised information.

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

Yours faithfully,

Sheogorath.
 

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