Dear Mr Maskery

Thank you for your recent enquiry. A reply will be sent to you as soon as possible. For information; the departmental standard for correspondence received is that responses should be sent within 20 working days as you are requesting information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Your correspondence has been allocated reference number 2013/0074364

Thank you

Department for Education
Ministerial and Public Communications Division
Tel: 0370 000 2288

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0074364
 
Dear Mr Maskery

Thank you for your request for information which was received on 28 November. You requested the following
information:

1. Schedule 2 Sections 1 & 2 refer to the regulations for appointments to the board, can you kindly let me
have a copy of the all the regulations / policies within your organisation that relate to the appointment of
board members for CAFCASS”.

I have dealt with your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

The Department for Education (DfE) is committed to ensuring that all public appointments are made based on
merit following a fair and open competition and are compliant with the [1]OCPA Code of Practice?.

This Code of Practice was revised in April 2012 and is published by the Commissioner for Public Appointments
in fulfilment of his duties as set out in the Public Appointments Order in Council (2013). 

[2]https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/sy...

The Commissioner for Public Appointments carries out regulatory, monitoring and reporting activities on all
DfE Public Appointments including Cafcass.     DfE Public Appointments are made in line with the code and
following [3]Public Appointments Guidance issued by the Cabinet Office. 

There are no additional regulations covering appointments to the Cafcass Board.

If you have any queries about this letter, please contact me. Please remember to quote the reference number
above in any future communications.

If you are unhappy with the way your request has been handled, you should make a complaint to the Department
by writing to me within two calendar months of the date of this letter.  Your complaint will be considered by
an independent review panel, who were not involved in the original consideration of your request. 

If you are not content with the outcome of your complaint to the Department, you may then contact the
Information Commissioner’s Office.
 
Your correspondence has been allocated reference number 2013/0074364. If you need to respond to us, please
visit: [4]www.education.gov.uk/contactus, and quote your reference number.

Yours sincerely,

Harry Yeates
Family Law and Relationship Support Division
[email address]
[5]www.education.gov.uk

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