Freedom of Information Act 2000

In your email of 27 December 2023 you requested the following information
:-

Can you please provide me with the following information :

1) List of  all Northern Ireland local authority early years and children
centres

2) Local Authority Names

3) Contact Number for the departments

4) Names of registered managers (including salutation, first name, last
name and

gender)

5) Email addresses for the registered managers for the early years and
children centres

6) Contact numbers for the registered managers for the early years and
children centres

7) Early Years and Children Centres  training departments contact numbers
and email addresses

8) Ofsted equivalent ratings 

The leaflet attached tells you about the legislation and the procedures
the Department will follow in handling your request. 

If you have any queries about this email, please contact me quoting the
reference number above in any future communications.

Kind Regards

Justin O’Hagan

Records and Information Access Manager

Information Management Team

Corporate Services and Governance Directorate

Department of Education

[1]justin.o’[email address]

Tel: 02891858044

Ext: 68044

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I am responding with regard to your request for information, which was
received on 27 December 2023.  In that request, you asked us for :-

1) List of all Northern Ireland local authority early years and children
centres

2) Local Authority Names

3) Contact Number for the departments

4) Names of registered managers (including salutation, first name, last
name and

gender)

5) Email addresses for the registered managers for the early years and
children centres

6) Contact numbers for the registered managers for the early years and
children centres

7) Early Years and Children Centres  training departments contact numbers
and email addresses

8) Ofsted equivalent ratings 

I will be unable to proceed with your request without clarification of the
information you wish to receive.  To help us do so, I would like to know
what you mean by   “all Northern Ireland local authority early years and
children centres”

Do you mean nursery schools/nursery units in primary schools and/or funded
non-statutory pre-school providers?  It might be useful to explain that we
do not have local authorities in Northern Ireland, statutory early year
provision comes under the Education Authority.

In Northern Ireland there are also childcare providers, which are
registered under the Department of Health Northern Ireland, we do not hold
information on this, if you are wanting this information you would need to
request this from the Department of Health by email  -
[1][email address]

Please note that the 20 working day’s time limit for responding to your
request is suspended until I receive clarification.

Please note that if I do not receive appropriate clarification of your
information requirements by 29 March 2024 which is three months from the
date of this email then I will consider your request closed.

If you wish to discuss any of the above, please contact me.  Please
remember to quote the reference number above in any future communications.

Kind regards

Neil McCormick

Information Management Team

Tel – 028 9127 7698 xt 69098

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Mr Degg

I refer to the email below, grateful if you could provide the
clarification requested.

Kind regards

Neil McCormick

Information Management Team

Tel – 028 9127 7698 xt 69098

From: Freedom of Information (DE)
Sent: Friday, December 29, 2023 10:07 AM
To: Neil Degg <[FOI #1063018 email]>
Subject: CM: FOI Request DE/2023-0128 - Clarification

I am responding with regard to your request for information, which was
received on 27 December 2023.  In that request, you asked us for :-

1) List of all Northern Ireland local authority early years and children
centres

2) Local Authority Names

3) Contact Number for the departments

4) Names of registered managers (including salutation, first name, last
name and

gender)

5) Email addresses for the registered managers for the early years and
children centres

6) Contact numbers for the registered managers for the early years and
children centres

7) Early Years and Children Centres  training departments contact numbers
and email addresses

8) Ofsted equivalent ratings 

I will be unable to proceed with your request without clarification of the
information you wish to receive.  To help us do so, I would like to know
what you mean by   “all Northern Ireland local authority early years and
children centres”

Do you mean nursery schools/nursery units in primary schools and/or funded
non-statutory pre-school providers?  It might be useful to explain that we
do not have local authorities in Northern Ireland, statutory early year
provision comes under the Education Authority.

In Northern Ireland there are also childcare providers, which are
registered under the Department of Health Northern Ireland, we do not hold
information on this, if you are wanting this information you would need to
request this from the Department of Health by email  -
[1][email address]

Please note that the 20 working day’s time limit for responding to your
request is suspended until I receive clarification.

Please note that if I do not receive appropriate clarification of your
information requirements by 29 March 2024 which is three months from the
date of this email then I will consider your request closed.

If you wish to discuss any of the above, please contact me.  Please
remember to quote the reference number above in any future communications.

Kind regards

Neil McCormick

Information Management Team

Tel – 028 9127 7698 xt 69098

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Mr Degg

In my clarification email regarding your request DE/2024-0128, I advised that the case would be considered closed if a response was not received by the 29 March 2024. You provided clarification on the 3 April 2024, after the case has been considered closed.

In order to be helpful, I am going to treat your email of 3 April 2024 as a new request for this information. The new reference number is DE/2024-0048. I have attached the departments public information leaflet.

If you have any queries about this email, please contact me quoting the reference number above in any future communications.

Kind Regards

Neil McCormick
Information Management Team
Tel – 028 9127 7698 xt 69098

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Mr Degg

Please see attached reply to your request for information.

Best wishes

Neil McCormick

Information Management Team

Tel – 028 9127 7698 xt 69098