Studying Optometry with criminal convictions

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Dear General Optical Council,

Please can you inform me of how many applications you have received from students with criminal convictions contrary to Section 4 of the Public Order Act 1986. Please can you also inform me of how many students with such convictions were granted membership.

Please also advise me of similar statistics for qualified optometrists convicted of offences under Section 4 of the Public Order Act 1986.

Please provide information for as many years/students as possible.

Yours faithfully,
Shakeel Bashir

Freedom of Information, General Optical Council

Good Afternoon Shakeel

Thank you for your email of 11 January 2018. In which you requested the following information:

Please can you inform me of how many applications you have received from students with criminal convictions contrary to Section 4 of the Public Order Act 1986. Please can you also inform me of how many students with such convictions were granted membership.

Please also advise me of similar statistics for qualified optometrists convicted of offences under Section 4 of the Public Order Act 1986.

Please provide information for as many years/students as possible.

To enable me to process your Freedom of Information request could you please clarify your request and provide a date range, Are you requesting data for 2017-18 or another time period?

Kind Regards

FOI Team

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Dear FOI Team at GOC,

Please can I have the statistics for the last five academic years.

Yours sincerely,

Shakeel Bashir

Freedom of Information, General Optical Council

Good Morning Shakeel

I am writing to acknowledge receipt of your email RE: Freedom of Information request - Studying Optometry with criminal convictions received 11 January 2018. I wrote to you on 12 January 2018 to seek clarification of the timeframe for your request.

You responded on 13 January 2018 and stated that you are seeking statistics for the previous 5 academic years.

This request has been logged as a Freedom of Information request and will be answered accordingly.

You requested the following information:

Please can you inform me of how many applications you have received from students with criminal convictions contrary to Section 4 of the Public Order Act 1986. Please can you also inform me of how many students with such convictions were granted membership.

Please also advise me of similar statistics for qualified optometrists convicted of offences under Section 4 of the Public Order Act 1986.

Please provide information for as many years/students as possible.

The General Optical Council will endeavour to provide a response to your request within 20 working days (excluding UK bank holidays as defined by the Banking & Financial Dealings Act 1971) in compliance with the Freedom of Information Act. You will receive a response no later than close of business Friday 9 February 2018.

Many thanks

FOI Team
General Optical Council | 10 Old Bailey | London | EC4M 7NG

At the General Optical Council we are responsible, forward thinking and principled. Read our mission and values online.
Our new Standards of Practice come into effect on 1 April 2016. The Standards are available on our website.

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Dear Mr. Bashir,

I write regarding your email received 11 January 2018 in which you requested the following information.

Please can you inform me of how many applications you have received from students with criminal convictions contrary to Section 4 of the Public Order Act 1986. Please can you also inform me of how many students with such convictions were granted membership.

Please also advise me of similar statistics for qualified optometrists convicted of offences under Section 4 of the Public Order Act 1986.

Please provide information for as many years/students as possible.

Please find attached our response.

Kind Regards

Robert Mannall | Compliance Officer
General Optical Council | 10 Old Bailey | London | EC4M 7NG

At the General Optical Council we are responsible, forward thinking and principled. Read our mission and values online.
Our new Standards of Practice come into effect on 1 April 2016. The Standards are available on our website.

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