Supporting gender reassignment recognition for pupils.
Dear Argyll and Bute Council,
Per FOISA, please supply me with information contained within your records as follows:
1) Per School, please provide the number of pupils that have received gender reassignment recognition.
a) Please break the numbers down per school for male pupils identifying as female?
b) Please break the numbers down per school for female pupils identifying as males?
2) Please also provide the number of pupils per school that have received gender reassignment recognition that each school have supported and have any change of gender name officially recorded on the School and Educational System data base per school?
a) Please break this down for males identifying as females with name change recorded?
b) Please break this down for females now identifying as males with name change recorded?
Yours faithfully,
[name removed]
[name removed]
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FOI team
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Dear Argyll and Bute Council,
Please note I do not now require a break down of numbers per school, as I appreciate that the numbers we talking about here are minimal and may identify an individual.
To assist I require the data from academic year 2019/20 to date broken down AY on AY.
Yours faithfully,
[name removed]
Dear Argyll and Bute Council,
Please see another response for this request from South Ayrshire Council, just to ensure you don’t attempt a spurious exemption:
https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/s...
Yours faithfully,
[name removed]
Dear Argyll and Bute Council,
This request is now delayed, when can I expect to receive a full response?
Yours faithfully,
[name removed]
[name removed]
Classification: OFFICIAL
Dear [name removed],
Following the emails sent to Suzanne Harper on 28th November, in which the scope of this request was clarified, I can confirm that the due date for response is now 28th December 2022.
Your request is receiving attention, and a response will be provided as soon as possible within this timescale.
Regards
Fiona
Fiona Anderson
Compliance and Regulatory Officer
Legal and Regulatory Support
Argyll and Bute Council
Kilmory
Lochgilphead
Argyll
PA31 8RT
Classification: OFFICIAL
Dear [name removed]
Request for information: Supporting gender reassignment for pupils &
change of name or gender officially recorded
Reference: argyllbuteir:15083.
I refer to your request for information which was dealt with in terms of
the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FOISA).
I note that in your email of 22^nd November you confirmed that you
required information for academic years 2020-2021, 2021-2022 and currently
in 2022-2023. On 28^th November you confirmed that, due to the minimal
numbers that may be involved you do not require a breakdown per school as
that may identify any individual, and added that you also required data
for academic year 2019-2020. To confirm, we have used academic years
2019-2020 to current and will provide an authority response (i.e. not by
individual school) for all six of your requests that were sent to us on
the same date. However, I can confirm that each request was logged, and
is being responded to, separately.
I have provided the following information in fulfilment of your request:
1. Per School, please provide the number of pupils that have received
gender reassignment recognition.
a. Please break the numbers down per school for male pupils identifying
as female?
b. Please break the numbers down per school for female pupils
identifying as males?
Academic Year Number of pupils that Number of male Numbers of female
received gender pupils pupils identifying
reassignment recognition identifying as as male
female
2019-2020 4 1 3
2020-2021 4 0 4
2021-2022 9 0 9
2022-2023 10 6 4
2. Please also provide the number of pupils per school that have
received gender reassignment recognition that each school have supported
and have any change of gender name officially recorded on the School and
Educational System data base per school?
a. Please break this down for males identifying as females with name
change recorded?
b. Please break this down for females now identifying as males with
name change recorded?
Academic Year Number of pupils that Number of male Numbers of female
received gender pupils pupils
reassignment recognition identifying as identifying as
and had any change of female male
gender name officially
recorded on the School and
Educational System data
base
2019-2020 4 1 3
2020-2021 4 0 4
2021-2022 3 0 3
2022-2023 1 0 1
If you are dissatisfied with the way in which your request for information
has been dealt with you are entitled to request a review by writing to the
Executive Director Customer Services, Argyll and Bute Council, Kilmory,
Lochgilphead, Argyll PA31 8RT, or by email to [1][Argyll and Bute Council
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Yours sincerely
David Sinclair
Compliance and Regulatory Assistant
Legal and Regulatory Services
01546 604352
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