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Dear Flintshire County Council,

Taking care to redact any personal information from these communications. Please would you provide me with copies of all communications regarding elective home education between your education department and an organisation named Educational Freedom from the dates 1.1.13 to today's date?

Yours faithfully,

A Thurstan

Lavinia M Stockham, Flintshire County Council

Dear Mr Thurstan,

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Your request has been forwarded to the Freedom of Information Act Contact Officer for Education & Youth to process and this Officer will be in contact with you.

Regards,

FOI Contact Officer
Flintshire County Council | Cyngor Sir y Fflint

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Kim Brookes, Flintshire County Council

 

 

Mr A Thurstan Eich Cyf/Your Ref
Ein Cyf/Our Ref R013264
Dyddiad/Date 16/01/2017
Gofynner am/Ask for Kim Brookes
Rhif Union/Direct Dial 01352 704025

Dear Mr Thurstan
I refer to your FOI request in which you asked for authority data in
relation to communications with  a company called Educational Freedom.

A search of our current financial records does not show any correspondence
or payments made. If however, you can be specific as to the type of
communication and /or nature of communication so that we can extend our
search?. For example, we may need to request a word search of emails of
retired Council Officers?

I hope this is helpful to you but if you have any queries, please do not
hesitate to contact me.  If you are dissatisfied with any aspects of this
response please refer to the Council's FOI Complaints Procedure below.
Yours sincerely,

Kim Brookes
FOI Contact Officer

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Dear Flintshire County Council,

Taking care to redact any personal information from these communications.
Please would you provide me with copies of all communications regarding
elective home education between your education department and an
organisation named Educational Freedom from the dates 1.1.13 to today's
date?

Yours faithfully,

A Thurstan

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Please use this email address for all replies to this request:
[3][FOI #378543 email]

Is [4][Flintshire County Council request email] the wrong address for Freedom of Information
requests to Flintshire County Council? If so, please contact us using this
form:
[5]https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/change_re...

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We welcome correspondence in Welsh. We will respond to correspondence
received in Welsh without delay.

Opinions advice, conclusions and other information in this

message that do not relate to the official business of

Flintshire County Council shall be understood as neither

given nor endorsed by it or on its behalf, and consequently

Flintshire County Council shall bear no responsibility

whatsoever in respect thereof.

Rydym yn croesawu gohebiaeth Gymraeg. Ymatebwn yn ddi-oed i ohebiaeth a
dderbynnir drwy gyfrwng y Gymraeg.

Deellir na fydd unrhyw safbwyntiau, na chynghorion, na

chasgliadau nac unrhyw wybodaeth arall yn y neges hon,

nad ydynt yn berthnasol i waith swyddogol

Cyngor Sir y Fflint, yn cael eu cynnig na'u cadarnhau ganddo

nac ar ei ran, ac felly ni fydd Cyngor Sir y Fflint yn derbyn

unrhyw gyfrifoldeb am y rhannau hynny o'r neges.

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Dear Kim Brookes,

The e-mail to/from would be educationalfreedom @outlook.com or support@ educationalfreedom.org.uk.

Yours sincerely,

A Thurstan

Kim Brookes, Flintshire County Council

Dear Mr Thurstan
Thank you for further clarification

Regards/Cofion
Kim Brookes
Senior Manager /Uwch Reolwr  
Business Change & Support / Newid Busnes a Chymorth
Education and Youth/ Addysg ac Ieuenctid
Flintshire County Council/Cyngor Sir y Fflint
County Hall, Mold, Flintshire/Neuadd y Sir, yr Wyddgrug, Sir y Fflint, CH7 6ND
Telephone/Ffon (01352) 704025

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Kim Brookes, Flintshire County Council

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Dear Mr Thurstan

Further to your email dated 16 January I confirm that a search of emails
of retired Council officer has not found correspondence to  the
organisation Educational Freedom from the dates 1.1.13 to today's date

 

Regards/Cofion
Kim Brookes
FOI Link Officer

 

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We welcome correspondence in Welsh. We will respond to correspondence
received in Welsh without delay.

Opinions advice, conclusions and other information in this

message that do not relate to the official business of

Flintshire County Council shall be understood as neither

given nor endorsed by it or on its behalf, and consequently

Flintshire County Council shall bear no responsibility

whatsoever in respect thereof.

Rydym yn croesawu gohebiaeth Gymraeg. Ymatebwn yn ddi-oed i ohebiaeth a
dderbynnir drwy gyfrwng y Gymraeg.

Deellir na fydd unrhyw safbwyntiau, na chynghorion, na

chasgliadau nac unrhyw wybodaeth arall yn y neges hon,

nad ydynt yn berthnasol i waith swyddogol

Cyngor Sir y Fflint, yn cael eu cynnig na'u cadarnhau ganddo

nac ar ei ran, ac felly ni fydd Cyngor Sir y Fflint yn derbyn

unrhyw gyfrifoldeb am y rhannau hynny o'r neges.

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