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Dear Central Bedfordshire Council,

We are students at Warwick University working alongside the Central England Law Centre and are undertaking some research in connection with the availability of free nursery education for two year olds.

1. Please would you provide the following information. How many 2 year olds have been provided with free nursery education places by your local authority in each of the following three categories since 30 August 2019 :

• Their parents claim support under section 4 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999;

• They would be entitled to free early education provision if the normal financial criteria under the Local Authority (Duty to Secure Early Years Provision Free of Charge) Regulations 2014 were applied and their parents were entitled to access public funds, and the parents either

a) satisfy the criteria for a derivative right to reside under regulation 16(5) of the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2016 whether or not they have applied to the Home office for confirmation of that status (which includes Zambrano carers); or

b) have been granted leave to remain on Article 8 private and family life grounds, but with a condition of no recourse to public funds.

2. Please could you also tell us:

2.1 how many requests for funding for free nursery education for two year olds you have received from each of the groups specified in question 1 since August 30th 2019; and

2.2 how many of those requests were successful.

3. Please could you also tell us:

3.1 what steps you take to publicise free nursery education for two year olds;

3.2 whether you undertake any specific outreach activities to try and ensure that families with 2 year old children who may benefit from free nursery education know about the entitlement and, if so, what are those activities?

3.3 are of those activities which you have identified in your answer to 3.2 aimed at any specific groups and, if so, which groups, and which activities target them?

3.4 what steps has your council has taken to specifically publicise the extension of eligibility since August 2019.

Thank you for your assistance. We look forward to hearing from you.

Yours faithfully,
J F

Joanne Mulliner, Central Bedfordshire Council

Information request
Our reference: 3420097

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Dear ‎JF
 
Request for Information
 
Thank you for your request for information received on  17 February
2020 in which you requested the following:

We are students at Warwick University working alongside the Central
England Law Centre and are undertaking some research in connection with
the availability of free nursery education for two year olds.
Q1. Please would you provide the following information. How many 2 year
olds have been provided with free nursery education places by your local
authority in each of the following three categories since 30 August 2019 :
* Their parents claim support under section 4 of the Immigration and
Asylum Act 1999;
* They would be entitled to free early education provision if the normal
financial criteria under the Local Authority (Duty to Secure Early Years
Provision Free of Charge) Regulations 2014 were applied and their parents
were entitled to access public funds, and the parents either
a) satisfy the criteria for a derivative right to reside under regulation
16(5) of the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2016 whether
or not they have applied to the Home office for confirmation of that
status (which includes Zambrano carers); or
b) have been granted leave to remain on Article 8 private and family life
grounds, but with a condition of no recourse to public funds.
Please could you also tell us:
Q2.1. How many requests for funding for free nursery education for two
year olds you have received from each of the groups specified in question
1 since August 30th 2019; and
Q2.2. How many of those requests were successful.
Please could you also tell us:
Q3.1. What steps you take to publicise free nursery education for two year
olds;
Q3.2. Whether you undertake any specific outreach activities to try and
ensure that families with 2 year old children who may benefit from free
nursery education know about the entitlement and, if so, what are those
activities?
Q3.3. Are any of those activities which you have identified in your answer
to 3.2 aimed at any specific groups and, if so, which groups, and which
activities target them?
Q3.4. What steps has your council has taken to specifically publicise the
extension of eligibility since August 2019. 
 
Can you please provide your full name in order for me to log and process
your request:

ICO guidelines for determining whether a request is valid are as follows:

Section 8(1)(b) of the FOIA requires that a request for information must
include the real name of the requester.

If the requester;
* fails to provide a name;
* can't be identified from the name provided (for example because they
have only used their first name or initials);
or
* is using an obvious pseudonym
then their request won't meet the requirements of section 8(1)(b) and will
technically be invalid.

I am unable to process your request until this information is received. 
 
 
If you need assistance, please contact me on the telephone number 0300 300
4179 or the email address [Central Bedfordshire Council request email].

Upon clarification, we will process your request and send a response
letter within 20 working days. However we will close the request if we do
not receive clarification from you within 10 working days from the date of
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If you have any questions about the content of this email, please do not
hesitate to contact me, quoting reference  3420097 in any future
communications.
 
Yours faithfully
 
 
Joanne Mulliner
Freedom of Information Officer
Information Governance
0300 300 5765
[Central Bedfordshire Council request email]
 
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