Dear Ms R

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REF: 2009-752

I am writing to confirm that we received your information request on 9
December 2009. For your information and future communications your request
has been allocated the reference number FOI2009-752. Please quote this
reference in any future correspondence.

We will consider your request and respond in accordance with the
requirements of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Our duty is to
respond promptly or at least within 20 working days.

Yours sincerely

Robin Yu

Information Protection Assistant

FOIA Team, Business Protection Unit

Information Systems Division (ISD)

The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea

The Town Hall, Hornton Street, London W8 7NX

Tel: 020 7938 8226

Web: [1]http://www.rbkc.gov.uk

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Dear Ms R

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REF: 2009-752

I am responding to your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000,
which we received on 9 December 2009 for information held by the Council.
You requested:

How many children known to the council are living with parents convicted
by courts of law, of drink-driving, Class A drug and various offences of
violence?

The Council does not hold this information. Police checks on individuals
can only be made by social workers under child protection legislation; and
the Council works with a much broader group than this.

Copyright

Please note, all material provided by the Royal Borough of Kensington and
Chelsea in response to your request for information is for your personal,
non-commercial use. The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea reserves
all rights in the copyright of the information provided. Any unauthorised
copying or adaptation of the information without express written
confirmation from the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea will
constitute an infringement of copyright. Any intention to re-use this
information commercially will require consent. Please forward any requests
for re-use of information to the FOI officer ([1][RBKC request email]).

Complaints

I trust this has satisfied your request. Should you be unhappy with the
handling of your request, the Council has an internal complaints process
for handling FOI Act complaints. Complaints are reviewed by the Town Clerk
and Chief Executive or his nominee. A form is available from our website
to lodge your complaint
[2]http://www.rbkc.gov.uk/councilanddemocra...
Please contact us if you do not have website access and we can provide you
with a copy of the form.

Following this review, should you still be unhappy with how your
information request has been handled, you have a further right to appeal
to the Information Commissioner who is responsible for ensuring compliance
with the FOI Act.

Yours sincerely

Robin Yu

Information Protection Assistant

FOIA Team, Business Protection Unit

Information Systems Division (ISD)

The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea

The Town Hall, Hornton Street, London W8 7NX

Tel: 020 7938 8226

Web: [3]http://www.rbkc.gov.uk

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You applied under the Freedom of Information Act for information about
`children known to the Council, living with parents convicted by Courts of
Law of drink driving, class A drug and various offences of violence'.

The Council replied to the effect that this information is not held by the
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.

On 23 December you asked for a review of this decision.

Kensington and Chelsea Council is in the same position as all other local
authorities. We do not have a general remit to monitor the upbringing of
all children. We respond to allegations of concern about children and
ensure these are investigated and appropriate action taken thereafter.
Some proportion of these expressions of concern will be about children
whose parents have offended against the law but such offences would not in
themselves be sufficient to prove that any intervention by the Local
Authority is necessary.

Similarly councils would not hold records about all parents who are
convicted.

Therefore the position of the Council continues to be that as we do not
hold the records you refer to, we cannot disclose the information you
seek.

This review is now concluded. If you remain dissatisfied with the outcome
of the review, you are entitled to exercise a further right of appeal to
the Information Commissioner.

Derek Myers

Town Clerk & Chief Executive

Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea

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