Non-Statutory Guidance

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Jane Pointon
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Dear Department for Education,

On 16 June 2011 the DfE abolished ‘non-statutory guidance.’

‘The Department's new approach to advice and guidance.’
http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.u...

Would the DfE advise;
a) whether or not the category has been re-instated and, if it has,
b) when the decision to re-instate the category of ‘non-statutory guidance’ was made.

If the decision was made to re-instate the category of ‘non-statutory guidance,’ please provide copies of any related documentation in regards to the decision and reasoning for the decision.

Yours faithfully,

J E Pointon

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We will respond to you within 20 working days.

 

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Dear Sir/Madam

Thank you for your recent enquiry. A reply will be sent to you as soon as possible. For information; the departmental standard for correspondence received is that responses should be sent within 20 working days as you are requesting information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Your correspondence has been allocated reference number 2018-0017118.

Thank you

Department for Education
Ministerial and Public Communications Division
Tel: 0370 000 2288

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Dear J E Pointon

I refer to your request for information made under the Freedom of
Information Act (2000), which was received on 3 April 2018. You requested:

On 16 June 2011 the DfE abolished ‘non-statutory guidance.’

 

‘The Department's new approach to advice and guidance.’

[1]http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.u...

 

Would the DfE advise;

a) whether or not the category has been re-instated and, if it has,

b) when the decision to re-instate the category of ‘non-statutory
guidance’ was made.

 

If the decision was made to re-instate the category of ‘non-statutory
guidance,’ please provide copies of any related documentation in regards
to the decision and reasoning for the decision.

 

I have dealt with your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000
(“the Act”).

Following a search of the Department’s paper and electronic records, I
have established that the information you requested is not held by this
Department.

If you have any queries about this letter, please contact me. Please
remember to quote the reference 2018-0017118 above in any future
communications.

If you are unhappy with the way your request has been handled, you should
make a complaint to the department by writing to me within two calendar
months of the date of this letter. Your complaint will be considered by an
independent review panel, who were not involved in the original
consideration of your request. 

If you are not content with the outcome of your complaint to the
department, you may then contact the Information Commissioner’s Office. 

Yours sincerely

S Hanson
Ministerial and Public Communications Division

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