Dept of Health NI child sexaul abuse reports held?
Dear Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety (Northern Ireland),
Please could you outline what reports the department holds on Child Sexual Abuse from 1970 to the present
Yours faithfully,
Cathy Fox
Cathy,
Can you please clarify your request re reports on Child Sexual Abuse from 1970 to date.
The Department has for example guidance on 'Co-operating to Safeguard Children', and 'Tackling sexual violence and abuse' Strategy and Action Plans which are on the DHSSPS website.
In addition we hold reports from NSPCC on for example 'How safe are our children'.
Regards
Joy McCullough
Child Care Policy Directorate
Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety
Room A3.5
Castle Buildings
Stormont Estate
BELFAST BT4 3SQ
E-mail: [email address]
Tel: 028 9052 2131
Web: www.dhsspsni.gov.uk
Dear Joy,
Thank you for your reply. I should have been clearer. This was a request for advice and assistance under section 16 ,FOI Act 2000 before I propose to make a request recorded information, which will depend naturally on what information I receive.
FOI Act 2000 s 16 (1)It shall be the duty of a public authority to provide advice and assistance, so far as it would be reasonable to expect the authority to do so, to persons who propose to make, or have made, requests for information to it.
By "reports on child sexual abuse" I meant relatively in depth Reports or Papers commissioned or authored to report on a potential or perceived problem of child sexual abuse in Northern Ireland, or in a childrens home, or in an council/authority area etc
I was hoping not to have to be too specific until I had received some advice and assistance about what records might be kept, how they are catalogued or classified, how many are electronic records
or when electronic records came in.
Please get back to me if you think I need to focus further and if possible give me some parameters I could do this by.
The examples you gave are useful and I will look through them, and any others like that I would like to know but I was more thinking of the Reports as i described above.
Kind Regards,
Cathy Fox
Cathy
We have received your Freedom of Information request and I attach your
acknowledgement letter and a Public Information Leaflet.
John McCann
Information Management Branch
DHSSPS
Tel: 02890 528218
Ms Fox,
Please see attached response to your request.
Regards
Joy McCullough
Child Care Policy Directorate
Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety Room A3.5 Castle Buildings Stormont Estate
BELFAST BT4 3SQ
E-mail: [email address]
Tel: 028 9052 2131
Web: www.dhsspsni.gov.uk
Dear Joy McCullough
Thank you for your reply. Under S16 FOI Act 2000 may I have some advice and assistance as to who owns the copyright and a copy or reference to the copyright licensing regulations that stipulate that you are not permitted to copy this report.
Yours sincerely,
Cathy Fox
Ms Fox,
Please see attached response to your request for information.
Regards
Joy McCullough
Child Care Policy Directorate
Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety
Room A3.5
Castle Buildings
Stormont Estate
BELFAST BT4 3SQ
E-mail: [email address]
Tel: 028 9052 2131
Web: www.dhsspsni.gov.uk
Dear Joy McCullough,
Thank you so much for this useful information
Yours sincerely,
Cathy Fox
Ms Fox
I refer to your previous request for a copy of the Hughes Report of the
Inquiry into Children's Homes and Hostels and your recent request for
advice as to who owns the copyright. We have now sought further advice
and have been advised that “Copyright does not prevent information being
disclosed under the Freedom of Information Act”. As such we will copy the
report you requested and send it to you in hard copy, Can you therefore
please forward your mailing address.
I must advise you however that “copyright will still apply to the
information once it has been disclosed under the Freedom of Information
Act (FOIA) and that the person who receives the information under FOIA is
still obliged, by law, to respect the rights of the copyright owner. If
they do not, the copyright owner can seek damages or an injunction in the
same way as they could for any infringement of copyright
Máire Redmond
Child Protection Policy Branch
D2.10, Castle Buildings
Stormont Estate
BT4 3SQ
Tel. no: 02890 520675
07833 052625
email: [email address]
Dear Maire Redmond,
Thankyou for your reply clarifying that copyright is not an issue with publishing this report under FOI and asking for a postal address.
Please could you send this electronically as is my right in law. If your worry is that the file is too big please feel free to break it into parts. If your concern is something else please state your concern and we will overcome it
Yours sincerely,
Cathy Fox
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