Correspondence between the trust and DfE
Dear Chester Diocesan Academies Trust,
As per the freedom of information act, please provide the following information:
1. Please provide copies of any correspondence (letters and email chains) between the CEO of your trust and the Department for Education (DfE) between the 1st June 2023 and present.
2. Please provide copies of any correspondence (letters and email chains) between your chair of trustees and the Department for Education (DfE) between the 1st June 2023 and present.
I understand that you will need to redact names, contact information and other personal data, I also understand if other sensitive or confidential information needs to be redacted as well.
Please respond within 20 days as per the freedom of Information Act.
Please kindly provide the information requested in PDF format.
Please handle this FOI request in line with the Freedom of Information Act.
Yours faithfully,
Grace Foster
Dear Grace
Thank you for your request for information dated 28 September 2023. We
acknowledge receipt of your request and have allocated it reference number
FOI2023001.
Your request will be processed as a Freedom of Information request, under
the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Your request has been passed to the appropriate member of staff to provide
a response as soon as possible. You should receive a response within 20
school days.
Kind regards
Chris Williams
Director of Operations
Chester Diocesan Academies Trust
Dear Grace
Thank you for your Freedom of Information request dated 28/09/23, which
was allocated reference number FOI2023001 and was validated on 03/102023.
I can confirm that we hold this information and have attached the
requested information to this response. Due to the size of the files
involved, there are multiple attachments to this response.
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Chris Williams
Director of Operations
Chester Diocesan Academies Trust
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