FOI Request - temporarily "lost" school children.

The request was partially successful.

Nicholas Charge

Dear West Sussex County Council,

I’m writing to enquire about the number of primary aged school children that have been temporarily lost on West Sussex School class outings/school trips in the last 5 years (the full years between 1st Jan 2011 to 31st December 2016)?

To elaborate; how many children aged between 4/5 (Year R) and 10/11 (Year 6) have gone missing for longer than an hour during visits to museums, aquariums, shows, plays, or other tourist attractions?

Also you may hold data for the following; how many children have been lost for longer than an hour during “away” school sporting events such as swimming galas, cross country runs or football matches?

I look forward to hearing from you.

Yours faithfully,

Nick Charge

Freedom of Information Act,

Dear Mt Charge,

Thank you for your enquiry, which has been forwarded to the appropriate officers for a response. The usual timescale for a response is twenty working days, that is by or on 11th May.

If for any reason the Council needs to extend this timescale you will be notified in accordance with the relevant legislation.

Please note that in 2012 the County Council adopted a position in principle that FoI and EIR requests to West Sussex County Council and the Council's responses may be published on the Council's website in a suitably anonymised form. This is in addition to the individual response to the requestor, and in line with the Council's commitment to transparency and open data.

Yours sincerely,

Kerry Rickman

Freedom Of Information, Transformation Customer and Support Service Directorate | West Sussex County Council | Location: County Hall, Chichester PO19 1RQ | E-mail: [email address]

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LRNG FOI,

Dear Mr Charge

I refer to your request dated 7th April, 2017 which has been dealt with under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Your request was for:

I’m writing to enquire about the number of primary aged school children that have been temporarily lost on West Sussex School class outings/school trips in the last 5 years (the full years between 1st Jan 2011 to 31st December 2016)?

To elaborate; how many children aged between 4/5 (Year R) and 10/11 (Year 6) have gone missing for longer than an hour during visits to museums, aquariums, shows, plays, or other tourist attractions?

Also you may hold data for the following; how many children have been lost for longer than an hour during “away” school sporting events such as swimming galas, cross country runs or football matches?

We have now completed a search for the information which you requested and I confirm the Authority does not hold information relevant to the request. Schools are their own data controllers and should be contacted directly for this information.

I attach a link to the Find A School web pages where contact information for schools can be accessed.

https://www.westsussex.gov.uk/find-my-ne...

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If you have any queries about this response please contact me.

If you are unhappy with the way your request has been handled, you may wish to ask for a review of our decision via [email address].

If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you may apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. Generally, the ICO cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted our internal review procedure. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at:

The Information Commissioner's Office,
Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF.

Yours sincerely

Sue Bryan

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