Home education and abuse - statistics
Dear Sir or Madam,
I would like to know:
A. 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, neglect, forced marriage, sexual exploitation or domestic
servitude.
B. How many (if any) Serious Case Reviews or Joint Area Reviews
have reported with respect to home educated children in the LA.
C Murton
Dear Mr Murton
Thank you for your email dated 28 March 2009, in which you have requested
information in respect of, amongst other things, home education and abuse
statistics.
We are considering your request under the terms of the Freedom of
Information Act 2000, and hope to respond within the statutory 20 working
days.
In some circumstances a fee may be payable and if that is the case, either
myself or a colleague will let you know the likely charges before
proceeding.
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Yours sincerely
Chris Tanriverdi
Paralegal
Democratic & Legal Services
Chief Executives's Department
5th Floor South Side, Taberner House
Park Lane, Croydon CR9 3JS
Tel : 020 8726 6000 Ext: 63833
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Dear Tanriverdi, Christine,
A response to my request is now overdue. Please send the information stat.
Yours sincerely,
C Murton
Dear Mr Murton
Thank you for your email dated 28 March 2009, in which you have requested
information about home education and abuse statistics. We have considered
your request under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, and
apologise for the delay in replying.
We have conducted a search into our records and confirm that there was one
record of elective home education with a child protection referral (now
closed) and one on-going with a child protection plan in place.
If you are unhappy with the way the department has handled your request
under the Freedom of Information Act, you may ask for an internal review.
You can do this by outlining the details of your complaint and either
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Yours sincerely
James Derby
Corporate Solicitor
Legal & Democratic Services
London Borough of Croydon
Taberner House
Park Lane
CR9 3JS
Tel: 020 8760 5768 Ext. 61359
Fax: 020 8760 5679
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Dear Derby, James,
I am sorry that after such a delay in responding you have not managed to supply a full response.
Can you confirm that the closed case was an unfounded allegation?
Can you confirm which category the open case filts into?
Can you answer the question about Reviews?
Yours sincerely,
C Murton
Dear Sir or Madam,
Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.
I am writing to request an internal review of Croydon Borough Council's handling of my FOI request 'Home education and abuse - statistics'.
A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address:
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/ho...
Yours sincerely,
C Murton
Dear Mr Murton
We received your request for internal review. Kindly confirm what part of
the response you want the Council to review as you have not mentioned any
specific issue(s)
Regards
James Derby
Dear Derby, James,
If you follow the chain on mails for theis FOI request you will see that I wrote
"Dear Derby, James,
I am sorry that after such a delay in responding you have not
managed to supply a full response. Can you confirm that the closed
case was an unfounded allegation? Can you confirm which category
the open case filts into? Can you answer the question about
Reviews?
Yours sincerely,
C Murton"
This is the information I am still awaiting and the lack of response is the reason I have asked for a review.
Yours sincerely,
C Murton
Lucia Santiago Taylor left an annotation ()
If these two cases were due to emotional neglect/abuse perhaps it could also be asked if either of these were due to the assumptions of a home inspector, eg. socialisation issues/?home-education standards/limited views of religion/faith issues?
Lucia
Dear Sir or Madam,
Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.
I am writing to request an internal review of Croydon Borough Council's handling of my FOI request 'Home education and abuse - statistics'.
A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address:
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/ho...
This includes the specific questions I am asking.
This response is now very much overdue and will be taken to the Information Commissioner if you do not supply the information promptly.
Yours faithfully,
C Murton
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Lucia Santiago Taylor left an annotation ()
If these two cases were due to emotional neglect/abuse perhaps it could also be asked if either of these were due to the assumptions of a home inspector, eg. socialisation issues/?home-education standards/limited views of religion/faith issues?
Lucia