Dear A Johnson,

Thank you for your request for information. I am very sorry that we have not responded to you. Unfortunately this has been due to a system error.

We will be prioritising your request to deal with them as soon as possible, but please bear with us at this time.

We will endeavour to get our response to you within 20 working days of receipt of this communication.

Yours sincerely

Lucy Wilkins
Information Request Team Leader
Communications Team
Tel: 01823 359173,
internally call extension 5584
Email: [email address]
Email for FOI, EIR, DP enquiries: [Somerset County Council request email]
Somerset County Council, Post Point: PP B3E 2, County Hall, Taunton, TA1 4DY
URL: www.somerset.gov.uk

FOI Disclosure Log URL: http://www.somerset.gov.uk/disclosurelog

Internal Reference: 140962

Date request received: 06/08/2014

Date response due: 03/09/2014

Actual date of response: 03/10/2014

 

 

Dear A Johnson,

 

I am writing in respect of your recent request for information from
Somerset County Council which has been dealt with under the provisions of
the Freedom of Information Act 2000. 

 

I am very sorry for the delay in returning our response to you, this was
as a result of technical issues, which meant that your email was unable to
get through to us in a timely manner.

 

I confirm that we do hold some of the information that you are seeking and
we are able to provide you with what we hold. Our response is detailed in
bold underneath your questions as follows.

 

Q1.) Please confirm if there is a county-wide policy regarding the Sex
Education curriculum for the Year 6 cohort that includes distribution of
material including condoms and other paraphernalia given to children to
take home from school.

 

A1.) No. Sex and Relationship Education is an individual schools
responsibility as part of their Personal Social and Health Education
curriculum

Q2.) Please confirm who is responsible for signing off this policy.

 

A2.) Not applicable

Q3.) Is consent from parents sought for this addition to the curriculum
and if so, how is that obtained and where is this recorded?

 

A3.) Not applicable

Q4.) Who provides the 'packs' that include condoms?

 

A4.) Not applicable

Q5.) What is the reasoning behind providing textured/flavored condoms to
10 & 11 year old children?

 

A5.) Not applicable

Q6.) What is the reasoning behind providing sexually explicit information
leaflets to 10 & 11 year old children?

 

A6.) Only age appropriate material would be given, no sexually explicit
information leaflets are given to this age group.

Q7.) Are specific teaching staff allocated to distribute such packs and/or
information?

 

A7.) Only individual schools can answer this, it is not a policy across
the county

Q8.) Are PFSA's permitted to advise or distribute to children without
recourse to parents?

 

A8.) We do not hold this information. Parent Family Support  Advisors
(PFSA’s) are employed by the schools and therefore this information would
have to be obtained directly from the individual schools.

Q9.) Is it normal to receive packs with hand written, personalised notes?

 

A9.) No, this is not local practice

 

If you feel your request has not been answered in sufficient detail or if
you wish to clarify the information given please contact me and I will be
happy to address the issues you raise.

 

If you are not satisfied with the way in which your request has been dealt
with, or the information you have received you can ask for an internal
review of our decision.   Internal review requests should be submitted
within two months of the date of receipt of the response to your original
letter and should be addressed to:

 

Peter Grogan

Corporate Information Governance Manager,

County Hall

Taunton

TA1 4DY

Or email  [1][email address] .

 

If you are still not satisfied, you can complain to the Information
Commissioner, by completing the following form and issuing this to the
ICO. [2]ICO complaint form

 

Information Commissioner’s Office

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire

SK9 5AF       Tel: 0303 – 123 1113

 

Finally, please be aware that your response will appear, without your
contact details, on the Council’s website at: 
[3]http://www.somerset.gov.uk/disclosurelog

 

 

Yours Sincerely,

 

Victoria Baxter

Information Request Team

email: [4][Somerset County Council request email]

Telephone: +44(1823)3-59560

Somerset County Council, Post Point: PP B3E 2, County Hall, Taunton, TA1
4DY

URL: [5]www.somerset.gov.uk

 

FOI Disclosure Log URL: [6]http://www.somerset.gov.uk/disclosurelog

 

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