RE: Your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000

Case Reference: RFI 4389

Dear Lily Kerrigan

Thank you for your email dated 1 September 2021.

It will be treated as a request within the meaning of the Act: this means that we will send you a full response within 20 working days, either supplying you with the information which you want, or explaining to you why we cannot supply it.

If we need any further clarification or there is any problem we will be in touch.

Yours sincerely

Disclosures Team
Customer Relations and Information Governance Compliance and Assurance Service Cheshire West and Chester Council
Tel: 0300 123 8 123 (Customer Contact Centre)
Email: [email address]
Visit: www.cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk

Cheshire West and Chester Council is committed to ensuring the security and protection of the personal information that we process and to provide a compliant and consistent approach to data protection. To learn more about how we handle your personal information when you contact the Council’s Data Protection and Compliance Team, please see our Advice, Enquiries and Complaints Privacy Notice on the Council's website or ask for a copy of the notice to be sent to you.

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Dear Lily Kerrigan,

Thank you for your request for information of 1st September 2021 which has been logged as RFI 4389 and has been dealt with under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. We confirm that Cheshire West and Chester Council holds information relating to your request.

For the purpose of clarity your request has been reproduced below:

Please can you provide me with the name of the current educational placement (school) of any young people, 16 years of age and under, with educational health care (EHCP) plans or statements, placed in independent or non-maintained provision?

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I would like you to supply me with the information requested for the previous academic year – 2020/2021.

I would ask you to provide the information in an excel document, broken down under the following headings:

Category of Need (SEMH, ASD, etc.)

Name of School

Type of placement - (Day or residential placement)

Cost of placement per year

I would be grateful if you could send your response in csv. or Excel format within the 20 day reply period.

RESPONSE:
Please find enclosed Excel spreadsheet.

We believe that the low numbers involved in some placements, means there is a risk that living individuals could be identified or recognised from this information alone, or if it was to be combined with other information that could be requested or which is already within the public domain. For this reason we have applied ‘less than 5’.
The Council considers that the information is exempt from disclosure under subsection 40 (2) FOIA and which states that personal data of third parties attracts an absolute exemption from disclosure and that such requests are dealt with under the regulations set out by the Data Protection Act 2018.
For further information on the Council’s application of Section 40(2), please follow the below link to the Government Legislation website: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000...

The Council considers that your request has been answered in full by either confirming that information is not held, providing you with the information requested, or explaining why any information has been withheld and the reasons for any redaction. Where applicable, the Council has also told you the reasons for the delay in responding to your request.

If you are unhappy with the way your request for information has been handled you can request a review by writing to the Disclosures Team within 40 working days from the date of the Council’s response.

You are entitled to a review by the Council if:
• You are dissatisfied with the Council’s explanation of why the application was not dealt with within the 20 working day time limit.
• All the information requested is not being disclosed and you have not received an explanation why some information is not being disclosed.
• A reason for the disclosures under the request being refused is not received.
• You consider that exemptions have been wrongly applied, and/or
• You consider that a fee has been wrongly applied.

Please set out your grounds for seeking a review together with what specific part of your request those grounds apply to and the outcome you are seeking. The Council reserves the right to ask you for clarification of the grounds for your review request if the grounds are not clear, and to delay commencing the review if such grounds are not provided.

The Disclosures Team can be contacted by email via: [Cheshire West and Chester Council request email] or at the following address:

Disclosures Team
Cheshire West and Chester Council
4 Civic Way
Ellesmere Port
CH64 0BE

The Disclosures Team will acknowledge a request for an internal review within 5 working days and complete the review as soon as possible and no later than 40 working days from receipt of the request.

More information about the Council’s internal review process can be found via:

http://www.cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk...

If you remain dissatisfied following the outcome of your review, you have a right of appeal to the Information Commissioner at:

The Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire SK9 5AF

Telephone: 08456 30 60 60 or 01625 54 57 45
Website: www.ico.org.uk

There is no charge for making an appeal.

Yours sincerely

Disclosures Team – Customer Relations and Information
Cheshire West and Chester Council
Tel: 0300 123 8 123
Email: [email address]
Location: Cheshire West and Chester Council, 4 Civic Way, Ellesmere Port CH65 0BE
Visit: cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk
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Cheshire West and Chester Council is committed to ensuring the security and protection of the personal information that we process and to provide a compliant and consistent approach to data protection. To learn more about how we handle your personal information when you contact the Council’s Data Protection and Compliance Team, please see our Advice, Enquiries and Complaints Privacy Notice on the Council's website or ask for a copy of the notice to be sent to you.

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