Child services.

The request was refused by Cabinet Office.

Dear Cabinet Office,

Under the freedom of information act I would like to know the following information.

Who is ultimately in charge of overseeing the local authority child services.

Can the local authority child services be held accountable for their actions.

Does the Cabinet office agree with local authority child services using allegations, hearsay, mis-representation, part-information, wrongly worded information, falsehood and speculation in court against families.

Does the cabinet office believe the above practices to be lawful.

Are there any changes in the pipeline for the way child services deal with families, so that the families human rights are not destroyed during their time being scrutinnized by the child services.

Is there a time limit as to how long the local authority can hold and use out-of-date information on a family. In other words does the Cabinet office say it is lawful for child services to use information that is 10 or 20 years old on a family.

Thank you.

Yours faithfully,

A Williamson

Cabinet Office

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CABINET OFFICE REFERENCE: FOI309258

Dear Mr Williamson,

Thank you for your request for information. Your request was received on
17/12/2010 and is being dealt with under the terms of the Freedom of
Information Act 2000.

In some circumstances a fee may be payable and if that is the case, I will
let you know the likely charges before proceeding.

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

Yourssincerely,

FOI Team

Cabinet Office

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Cabinet Office

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With apologies for the delay, please find attached letter in response to
your request for information under the Freedom of Information Act,.

Kind regards,

Jennifer

Jennifer Rowland | Legislation Team | Economic and Domestic Affairs
Secretariat | Cabinet Office

Email: [email address] | Tel: 020 7276 0326

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