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Information Governance Team
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Dear Ms Kay

Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations
2004 Information request

We have now considered your information request as set out below.

You asked the following questions. Our responses follow each question.

1. Any application you made in 2019 or 2020 to be a “Children and Young
Peoples Services Champion” or for Children and Young People's Services to
be included on Stonewall’s “Workplace Equality Index,” including any
attachments or appendices to those applications. Please redact personal
details if necessary.

Please see attached for the notes associated with the application made in
2019. These notes formed the body of the application - the full
application was uploaded to the Stonewall portal, and no full copy was
kept. There was no application made in 2020.

2. Any feedback you received in 2019 or 2020 or or 2021 from Stonewall in
relation to either application or programme.

No feedback was received.

3. Any other communication you have received from Stonewall in 2019 or
2020 or 2021 unless privileged or otherwise exempt from disclosure (but if
you claim privilege or exemption in relation to any material, please say
in broad terms what the material is and the basis on which you claim to be
entitled to withhold it).

Please see attached.

4. Any training reports you have received from Stonewall in 2019 and 2020
and 2021 and details of online training completed by your staff, with
staff title by month in 2019, 2020 & 2021. Please redact personal details
if necessary.

One officer attended the summer conference 2019.

5. Full details of any equality impact assessment you carried out
connected with any of these applications (including any equality impact
assessment carried out prior to an earlier application of the same kind,
if no further assessment was done).

No equalities impact assessment has been carried out connected to
Stonewall applications

6. Details of the total amount of money you paid to Stonewall (i) in 2019;
(ii) in 2020, whether or not as payment for goods or services.

In 2019 £2280.00 was paid for the membership of Stonewall.

7. Whether you intend to continue your membership of any Stonewall scheme
in the future, and if so which.

Membership continues until 31/08/21 at which time the Council will make a
decision as to whether to continue membership.

If you have any queries or concerns about this please contact me.

If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request or wish to
appeal against the decision to exempt any part of your request, you should
request an Internal Review at [Merton Borough Council request email] or write in to Freedom of
Information team, Merton Council, Civic Centre, Morden, SM4 5DX.

If you escalate to the Information Commissioners Office (ICO) without
following the council’s internal review process, the ICO will refer you
back to the council to enable the correct process to be followed.

You can also appeal to the Information Commissioner at:
https://ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint/offi...

There is no charge for making an appeal.

Yours sincerely

Elizabeth Fitzpatrick |Head of School Improvement |Merton School
Improvement

London Borough of Merton |Merton Civic Centre |Morden |Surrey |SM4 5DX

020 8545 3806 |07535 448600 [1]|[email address]

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