Our reference: 1222 FOI

Dear Mrs Batchelor,

Thank you for your request of 29 March 2009 in which you asked for the
following information:

1) The number of persons in the local authority of compulsory

school age who are, or claimed to be, Electively Home Educated and

who have been either suspected or found to be involved in child

abuse, child neglect, forced marriage, sexual exploitation or

domestic servitude.

2) How many (if any) Serious Case Reviews or Joint Area Reviews

have reported with respect to home educated children in the LA.

Your request is being considered and you will receive the information
requested as soon as possible and in any event within the next 20 working
days in compliance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000, unless an
exemption applies. This means that the council will respond to you by 28
April 2009.

There may be a fee payable for this information. You will be informed if
this is the case and you can decide if you wish to proceed with your
request.

If appropriate, the information requested can be made available in
alternative formats, including other languages, Braille, large print, and
audiocassette. If you require any of these formats then please let me
know.

Please contact me if you have any have further enquiries about your
request. I would be grateful if you could quote the reference number given
at the top of this email.

Yours sincerely,

Rachel Skeet
Information Officer

Oxfordshire County Council
Corporate Core
Freedom of Information Team
County Hall
New Road
Oxford
OX1 1ND

Tel: 01865 815889
Fax: 01865 247805

E-mail: [1][email address] (direct)
E-mail: [2][Oxfordshire County Council request email] (FOI team)
Internet: [3]www.oxfordshire.gov.uk

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Our reference: 1222 FOI

Dear Michelle Batchelor,

Thank you for your request of 29 March 2009 in which you asked for the
following information:

1) The number of persons in the local authority of compulsory

school age who are, or claimed to be, Electively Home Educated and

who have been either suspected or found to be involved in child

abuse, child neglect, forced marriage, sexual exploitation or

domestic servitude.

2) How many (if any) Serious Case Reviews or Joint Area Reviews

have reported with respect to home educated children in the LA.

Taking each of your questions in turn:

1) The number of persons in the local authority of compulsory

school age who are, or claimed to be, Electively Home Educated and

who have been either suspected or found to be involved in child

abuse, child neglect, forced marriage, sexual exploitation or

domestic servitude.

Oxfordshire County Council has one record of a child being electively home
educated where abuse was alleged.

2) How many (if any) Serious Case Reviews or Joint Area Reviews

have reported with respect to home educated children in the LA.

None.

Feedback

Following our completion of your information request, we would be grateful
if you would take a few minutes to give us some feedback.

Please click on the weblink below to open a short survey which should take
less than 5 minutes to complete.

[1]http://portal.oxfordshire.gov.uk/content...

Responses are anonymous and will help us improve our service. Thank you.

Help Us To get It Right

If you are dissatisfied with the service or response you have received you
can complain as follows:

o Use the online complaints form on our website -
[2]www.oxfordshire.gov.uk;

o Complete the leaflet "How do I complain about a council service?".
Copies are available from any Oxfordshire library or by telephoning 01865
815906. Large print and audio tape versions are available on request from
this number;

o Write to us at our FREEPOST address:

Complaints and Comments
Oxfordshire County Council
FREEPOST (SCE 7709)
Oxford OX1 1YA.

Please let me know if you have further enquiries. I would be grateful if
you could use the reference number given at the top of this email.

Yours sincerely,

Rachel Skeet
Information Officer

Oxfordshire County Council
Corporate Core
Freedom of Information Team
County Hall
New Road
Oxford
OX1 1ND

Tel: 01865 815889
Fax: 01865 247805

E-mail: [3][email address] (direct)
E-mail: [4][Oxfordshire County Council request email] (FOI team)
Internet: [5]www.oxfordshire.gov.uk

This email, including attachments, may contain confidential information.
If you have received it in error, please notify the sender by reply and
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3. mailto:[email address]
4. mailto:[Oxfordshire County Council request email]
5. http://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/

Dear Michelle Batchelor,

Thank you for your email. I am pursuing your enquiry with relevant
colleagues.

Yours sincerely,

Rachel Skeet
Information Officer

Oxfordshire County Council
Corporate Core
Freedom of Information Team
County Hall
New Road
Oxford OX1 1ND

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Our reference: 1222 FOI - follow on query

Dear Michelle Batchelor,

In relation to your query of 21 April 2009 in which you asked for the
following information:

Please can you clarify whether this one recorded case was found to be an
actual case of abuse or an unfounded suspicion.

Oxfordshire County Council can confirm that the matter did not become a
child protection issue.

Feedback

Following our completion of your information request, we would be grateful
if you would take a few minutes to give us some feedback.

Please click on the weblink below to open a short survey which should take
less than 5 minutes to complete.

[1]http://portal.oxfordshire.gov.uk/content...

Responses are anonymous and will help us improve our service. Thank you.

Help Us To get It Right

If you are dissatisfied with the service or response you have received you
can complain as follows:

o Use the online complaints form on our website -
[2]www.oxfordshire.gov.uk;

o Complete the leaflet "How do I complain about a council service?".
Copies are available from any Oxfordshire library or by telephoning 01865
815906. Large print and audio tape versions are available on request from
this number;

o Write to us at our FREEPOST address:

Complaints and Comments
Oxfordshire County Council
FREEPOST (SCE 7709)
Oxford OX1 1YA.

Please let me know if you have further enquiries. I would be grateful if
you could use the reference number given at the top of this email.

Yours sincerely,

Rachel Skeet

Information Officer

Oxfordshire County Council

Corporate Core

Freedom of Information Team

County Hall

New Road

Oxford OX1 1ND

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Dear Michelle Batchelor

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Yours sincerely,

Rachel Skeet

Information Officer

Oxfordshire County Council

Corporate Core

Freedom of Information Team

County Hall

New Road

Oxford
OX1 1ND

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