COVID
Dear Beech Hill Community Primary School, Wigan,
Good day,
Under the freedom of information act 2000 please can you answer the following questions
1- has a member of you dinner staff had a positive test for COVID-19? (a yes or no answer please)
2- why have parents not been informed of this?
3- type of contact as this member of staff had with children and of what year group?
4- what was the time period of the staff showing symptoms and taken time off?
5- what part of dinner is this staff part of (i.e. canteen, out side, kitchen)
6- what measures have you put in place to make sure that this does not happen again?
Yours faithfully,
SImon WIller
Dear Beech Hill Community Primary School, Wigan,
good day,
please could you let me know if you have resaved my previous message.
Yours faithfully,
SImon WIller
Dear Sir,
I confirm we are in receipt of your message dated 24/09/20. It is our understanding we have 20 working days in which to respond. Please expect our reply by 22/10/20.
Regards
Michelle McCarthy
Dear Sir
I am writing to respond to your request for information in your email of
24th September 2020.
We have handled this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FoIA).
Under section 40(5B)(a) of the FoIA, we are neither confirming nor denying
that we hold the information.
To confirm or deny we hold the information would breach Article 5a of the
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) which requires that processing
of personal data is lawful.
As the information requested in this case relates to health, disclosure
would be prohibited by Article 9 of the GDPR which provides additional
protection for special category data.
The exemption under section 40(5B)(a) of the FoIA is an absolute exemption
and there is therefore no need to undertake a public interest test.
You have the right to request a review if you are not satisfied with our
response, and to contact the ICO in the event of you being dissatisfied
with any review.
Kind Regards
Beech Hill Primary School
Netherby Road
Beech Hill
Wigan
WN6 7PT
01942 243582
Dear Beech Hill Community Primary School, Wigan,
Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.
I am writing to request an internal review of Beech Hill Community Primary School, Wigan's handling of my FOI request 'COVID'.
you stated that you think you are exempt from the fio request under section 40(5B)(a) of the freedom of information act 2000 and i can confirm to you that this is not the case because when you answer the questions i have asked in the original request you are not giving me any personal data I.E names you are only confirming that one of your staff have had COVID while working with children and you have neglected in your duty to inform parents thus neglected your duty of care to the students that attend your school.
I hope i was able to help you understand but as you are now aware that you are not exemp under the section you stated please answer the original questions.
A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/c...
Yours faithfully,
SImon WIller
Dear Michelle McCarthy,
i have waited long enough now for a response form you so i have passes this thread onto someone who specialises in getting freedom of information requests sorted when the company refuses to adhere to the law and request.
i hope we could get this sorted as soon as possible the specialist should be in contact with you on Monday.
Yours sincerely,
SImon WIller
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