Gagging Orders in Secret Family Courts

Mrs Docherty made this Freedom of Information request to Powys County Council This request has been closed to new correspondence. Contact us if you think it should be reopened.

The request was successful.

Dear Sir or Madam,

n the wake of the people speaking out against the abuses of the
secret family courts and forced adoption of children to strangers,
instead of being retained within their real natural families. I
would like to know how your authority compares to others in
fulfilling your responsibilities to families & their children.

(a) How many individuals have been taken to court by your authority
in-order to gag them. To stop them from speaking out about the
injustices they have suffered at the hands of the council
children's social services and secret family courts. Provide all
records to-date that are held.

(b) How much did these gagging order injunctions cost the rate
payer.

(c) Who is responsible for actioning these enforcement orders by
the council, i.e. who signs the applications for court.

(d) How many parents /relatives/individuals have received further
sanctions for breaking these gagging orders.

(e) Are any of these decisions to gag/sanction taken by unelected
local authority officers responsible for children’s social care,
finance, legal or any other relevant department.

(f) If councillors make these decisions at which meeting(s) are
these discussed.

Yours faithfully,

Mrs Docherty

Powys County Council

October 14, 2009

Person Dealing: Andrea Hughson
Direct Dial: 01597 829418

Dear Mrs. Docherty,

FREEDOM of INFORMATION ACT 2000
Reference No: F-2009-00416

Thank you for your request for information, received at this office on
October 14, 2009, in which you requested details of the following:

In the wake of the people speaking out against the abuses of the secret
family courts and forced adoption of children to strangers, instead of
being retained within their real natural families. I would like to know
how your authority compares to others in fulfilling your responsibilities
to families & their children.

(a) How many individuals have been taken to court by your authority
in-order to gag them. To stop them from speaking out about the
injustices they have suffered at the hands of the council children's
social services and secret family courts. Provide all records to-date that
are held.

b) How much did these gagging order injunctions cost the rate payer.

(c) Who is responsible for actioning these enforcement orders by the
council, i.e. who signs the applications for court.
(d) How many parents /relatives/individuals have received further
sanctions for breaking these gagging orders.

(e) Are any of these decisions to gag/sanction taken by unelected local
authority officers responsible for children*s social care, finance, legal
or any other relevant department
(f) If councillors make these decisions at which meeting(s) are these
discussed.
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Rheolwr Cofnodion a Chydymffurfiaeth
Records & Compliance Manager
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Powys County Council

November 5, 2009

Person Dealing: Andrea Hughson
Direct Dial: 01597 829418

Dear Mrs. Docherty,

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000
Reference No: F-2009-00416

With reference to your request for information dated October 13, 2009
requesting the following information:

In the wake of the people speaking out against the abuses of the secret
family courts and forced adoption of children to strangers, instead of
being retained within their real natural families. I would like to know
how your authority compares to others in fulfilling your responsibilities
to families & their children.

(a) How many individuals have been taken to court by your authority
in-order to gag them. To stop them from speaking out about the injustices
they have suffered at the hands of the council children's social services
and secret family courts. Provide all records to-date that are held.

b) How much did these gagging order injunctions cost the rate payer.

(c) Who is responsible for actioning these enforcement orders by the
council, i.e. who signs the applications for court.

(d) How many parents /relatives/individuals have received further
sanctions for breaking these gagging orders.

(e) Are any of these decisions to gag/sanction taken by unelected local
authority officers responsible for children*s social care, finance, legal
or any other relevant department

(f) If councillors make these decisions at which meeting(s) are these
discussed.
I am writing to advise you that Powys County Council do not take any
person to court to obtain a gagging order in the circumstances described
in your request.
The remainder of your questions therefore are not applicable.

Furthermore, proceedings involving children are generally private and
therefore the court will not allow any information from the proceedings to
be disclosed without its express permission.

This request is now closed. Should you wish to discuss this further,
please contact the officer dealing with your request as identified above,
or Information Management on 01597 829418 / 825013.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your interest in
Powys County Council.

Yours sincerely,

Andrea Hughson
Rheolwr Cofnodion a Chydymffurfiaeth
Records & Compliance Manager

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