The Official Secrets Acts 1911 - 1989
Ryan Jarvis made this Freedom of Information request to Bolton Safeguarding Children Board as part of a batch sent to 388 authorities
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Dear Bolton Safeguarding Children Board,
I am writing to respectfully make a request in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000. My request is as follows:-
1) Please, can you provide a list of all employee roles who are employed by your authority and are subject to the provisions as set out in the Official Secrets Acts 1911-1989?
This can be provided in any format, however, a spreadsheet detailing each role and a mark as to whether the role requires the role holder to sign a declaration as to their recognition of being bound thus required to comply with the Act(s).
2) Please provide a disclosure of the format used by your authority which requires the signature of any role holder who is subject to provisions as set out in the Official Secrets Acts 1911-1989 such as an "Official Secrets Acts & Confidentiality Declaration"
If I am able to provide any further information in order to assist your search for information in order to successfully respond to this request, please do not hesitate to contact me.
I look forward to hearing from you soon.
Yours faithfully,
Ryan Jarvis
Hi, I have forwarded your email to the Freedom of Information Team - [email address]
Regards
Debra Hurst
Lead Administrator
Bolton Safeguarding Children Partnership
Department of People Services
Child Protection Unit
Westhoughton Town Hall
1st Floor
Market Street
Westhoughton
Bolton
BL5 3AW
Tel: 01204 337479
Email: [email address]
BSCP: [Bolton Safeguarding Children Board request email]
Dear Mr Jarvis
I write further to your request for information received on Tuesday 19^th
November 2019 and which was addressed to Bolton Safeguarding Children
Board.
You requested:
1. Please, can you provide a list of all employee roles who are employed
by your authority and are subject to the provisions as set out in the
Official Secrets Acts 1911-1989?
This can be provided in any format, however, a spreadsheet detailing each
role and a mark as to whether the role requires the role holder to sign a
declaration as to their recognition of being bound thus required to comply
with the Act(s).
2. Please provide a disclosure of the format used by your authority which
requires the signature of any role holder who is subject to provisions
as set out in the Official Secrets Acts 1911-1989 such as an "Official
Secrets Acts & Confidentiality Declaration"
Bolton Safeguarding Children Board has been dis-established in accordance
with legislative requirements contained in the Children and Social Work
Act 2017; the Board and its associated functions fully ceased on Monday
30^th September 2019.
New multi-agency arrangements are in place in the form of Bolton
Safeguarding Children Partnership, led by three statutory partners: Bolton
Clinical Commissioning Group, Bolton Council and Greater Manchester
Police.
Therefore, in order for us to process your request, please would you
clarify whether you are seeking information in relation to Bolton Council,
or in relation to the Bolton Safeguarding Children Partnership?
If you are seeking information regarding the Partnership, please confirm
whether you are seeking information just in relation to their role within
the Partnership. Members of the Partnership come from different agencies
so it may be that an individual was subject to the provisions of the
Official Secrets Acts 1911-1989 in relation to their substantive roles,
but not in relation to their role within the Partnership.
If we do not receive clarification within 2 months of the date of this
email we will assume that you no longer wish to pursue the request and
will close it on our system.
Regards.
Ann McDonna
Information Governance Technical Officer
Bolton Council
Information Governance, Legal Services, Room 120, Town Hall, Bolton, BL1
1RU
Email: [1][email address]
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Dear Freedom Of Info,
Thank you for your response. I can confirm that my request relates to the Bolton Safeguarding Children Partnership only and in relation to role holders' specific duties within their role in the partnership.
Yours sincerely,
Ryan Jarvis
Dear Mr. Jarvis
Re: Freedom of Information Request – Bolton Safeguarding Children
Partnership RFI 004548 Response
Thank you for your FOI request dated 19 November 2019 and further
clarification on 12 December 2019, in which you confirmed your request for
the following information related to employees supporting Bolton
Safeguarding Children Partnership only:
I am writing to respectfully make a request in accordance with the Freedom
of Information Act 2000. My request is as follows:-
1) Please, can you provide a list of all employee roles who are employed
by your authority and are subject to the provisions as set out in the
Official Secrets Acts 1911-1989?
This can be provided in any format, however, a spreadsheet detailing each
role and a mark as to whether the role requires the role holder to sign a
declaration as to their recognition of being bound thus required to comply
with the Act(s).
RESPONSE – N/A, staff employed to support the multi-agency safeguarding
arrangements in Bolton are not subject to the Official Secrets Act
2) Please provide a disclosure of the format used by your authority which
requires the signature of any role holder who is subject to provisions as
set out in the Official Secrets Acts 1911-1989 such as an "Official
Secrets Acts & Confidentiality Declaration"
RESPONSE – N/A
If you are unhappy about how we have dealt with your request please let me
know and I will refer the matter to the partnership lead for information
governance. You also have the right to appeal directly to the Information
Commissioner’s Office (ICO), although please note the ICO usually expects
the local partners to have investigated your concerns first.
Yours sincerely
Shona Green
Bolton Safeguarding Officer
Bolton Safeguarding Children Partnership
Westhoughton Town Hall
First Floor, Market Street
Westhoughton, BL5 3AW
01204 337964
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or act in reliance on it. This e-mail may be monitored by Bolton Council
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