Violent Incident report forms returned to the council from schools
Dear Bridgend County Borough Council,
Please provide a breakdown of the Violent Incident Report forms returned by school-based employees in your local authority for the academic years starting from September 2019 - July 2024.
Please show the total number of forms returned by school for this period. This includes all primary, secondary and PRU schools as required by your Health and Safety policy.
Yours faithfully,
Martyn Evans
Diolch ichi am eich gohebiaeth. Sylwch na fydd yr ohebiaeth yn cael ei
hailgyfeirio.
Oherwydd ôl-groniad o waith newydd a phroblemau sy’n parhau o ran adnoddau
yn Nhîm Gwybodaeth y Cyngor, ar hyn o bryd nid ydym yn gallu cydnabod
gohebiaeth newydd yn syth pan fydd yn ein cyrraedd. Gallwn eich sicrhau
ein bod wedi cael eich gohebiaeth ac y bydd y tîm yn rhoi sylw i’ch mater
cyn gynted ag y gallwn.
Rydym yn gweithio’n galed i wella’r sefyllfa. Diolch ichi am eich amynedd.
Thank you for your correspondence, please note this will not be
redirected.
Due to a backlog of new work and ongoing resource issues within the
Council’s Information Team, we are not currently able to acknowledge new
correspondence as soon as it is received. Please be assured that your
correspondence has been received and will be dealt with by the team as
soon as we are able to.
We are working hard to improve the situation and thank you for your
patience.
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Mae'r e-bost hwn ac unrhyw atodiadau a drosglwyddir gydag ef yn
cynrychioli
safbwyntiau'r unigolyn a'i anfonodd (unigolion a'u hanfonodd) ac ni ddylid
eu
hystyried fel safbwynt swyddogol Cyngor Bwrdeistref Sirol Pen-y-bont ar
Ogwr.
Mae'r cynnwys yn gyfrinachol ac wedi'i fwriadu ar gyfer y sawl y'i
cyfeiriwyd
ato yn unig. Os ydych wedi ei dderbyn mewn camgymeriad, rhowch wybod i
weinyddwr
y system ar [email address]
Mae'r e-bost hwn ac unrhyw atodiadau wedi cael eu sganio.
Dear Bridgend County Borough Council,
This FOI request has lapsed as the council was legally obliged to meet the request by 4th December. This refusal to acknowledge the delay and provide appropriate reason(s) means that I will now have to escalate this matter to the ICO for Wales. However, I am prepared to allow you until Tuesday 17th December to meet this request.
I hope that the information can be provided as a matter of urgency.
Yours faithfully,
Martyn Evans
Dear Martyn Evans
FOI REQUEST FOI001-6375
We acknowledge your request for information received on 5 November 2024.
Firstly, please accept our apologies for the delay in sending this
acknowledgement, we are currently working through a large backlog of
emails.
We are considering your request and you should receive a response within
the statutory timescale of 20 working days, unless the information is
exempt or we require additional time to consider whether disclosure is in
the public interest in accordance with section 2 of the Freedom of
Information Act.
We will try to supply information in electronic format by email, but if
this is not possible we will let you know. If you have any special
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know.
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consider whether it is proper to release it and if any of the exemption
categories do apply then the information will not be released. We will
tell you if this is the case, and you will have a right of appeal.
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You may have to pay a fee for this information. We will consider this and
let you know. If so you will have to pay the fee before we process and
release the information.
If you have any queries or concerns, then please contact me directly. You
can find out more about the Act from the Information Commissioner at:
Information Commissioner’s Office – Wales 2nd Floor Churchill House
Churchill Way Cardiff
CF10 2HH
Telephone: 02920 678400 Fax: 02920 678399
Email: [1][email address]
Website: [2]https://ico.org.uk/
Yours sincerely
Tina Delaney
Y Swyddfa Rhyddid Gwybodaeth | Freedom of Information Office
Cyfarwyddiaeth y Prif Weithredwr| Chief Executive’s Directorate
Cyngor Bwrdeistref Sirol Pen-Y-Bont ar Ogwr | Bridgend County Borough
Council
Ffon / Phone: (01656) 643473
Ffacs / Fax: (01656) 657899
E-bost / E-Mail [Bridgend County Borough Council request email]
Gwefan / Website: www.bridgend.gov.uk
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views of the individual(s) who sent them and should not be regarded
as the official view of Bridgend County Borough Council. The contents
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Mae'r e-bost hwn ac unrhyw atodiadau a drosglwyddir gydag ef yn
cynrychioli
safbwyntiau'r unigolyn a'i anfonodd (unigolion a'u hanfonodd) ac ni ddylid
eu
hystyried fel safbwynt swyddogol Cyngor Bwrdeistref Sirol Pen-y-bont ar
Ogwr.
Mae'r cynnwys yn gyfrinachol ac wedi'i fwriadu ar gyfer y sawl y'i
cyfeiriwyd
ato yn unig. Os ydych wedi ei dderbyn mewn camgymeriad, rhowch wybod i
weinyddwr
y system ar [email address]
Mae'r e-bost hwn ac unrhyw atodiadau wedi cael eu sganio.
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2. https://ico.org.uk/
Dear Martyn Evans
With regards to your request for information received on 5 November 2024,
I would be grateful if you could clarify the following:
Can you please clarify what you mean when you use the term “Breakdown” as
the second part of the question does not provide sufficient clarity on
what you are asking?
If I do not receive clarification from you within one month, I will close
the file.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Yours sincerely
Tina Delaney
Y Swyddfa Rhyddid Gwybodaeth | Freedom of Information Office
Cyfarwyddiaeth y Prif Weithredwr| Chief Executive’s Directorate
Cyngor Bwrdeistref Sirol Pen-Y-Bont ar Ogwr | Bridgend County Borough
Council
Ffon / Phone: (01656) 643473
Ffacs / Fax: (01656) 657899
E-bost / E-Mail [Bridgend County Borough Council request email]
Gwefan / Website: www.bridgend.gov.uk
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This e-mail and any attachments transmitted with it represents the
views of the individual(s) who sent them and should not be regarded
as the official view of Bridgend County Borough Council. The contents
are confidential and intended solely for the use of the addressee. If
you have received it in error, please inform the system administrator
[email address]
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Mae'r e-bost hwn ac unrhyw atodiadau a drosglwyddir gydag ef yn
cynrychioli
safbwyntiau'r unigolyn a'i anfonodd (unigolion a'u hanfonodd) ac ni ddylid
eu
hystyried fel safbwynt swyddogol Cyngor Bwrdeistref Sirol Pen-y-bont ar
Ogwr.
Mae'r cynnwys yn gyfrinachol ac wedi'i fwriadu ar gyfer y sawl y'i
cyfeiriwyd
ato yn unig. Os ydych wedi ei dderbyn mewn camgymeriad, rhowch wybod i
weinyddwr
y system ar [email address]
Mae'r e-bost hwn ac unrhyw atodiadau wedi cael eu sganio.
Dear Tina Delaney,
To clarify, the term 'breakdown' refers to the number of Violent Incident Report forms returned from different schools across the Local Authority recording violent incidents against staff (physical attacks or verbal abuse). So, how many were returned from each of the LA's secondary schools, how many from the LA's primary schools, and how many from the LA's Pupil referral units and special schools. It would be helpful to name each of the schools and the totals returned to the LA during the 5yr period requested or if this is too onerous, I will accept the total numbers per phase or type of school.
I trust this clarifies things for you?
I note that you have taken an excessive length of time to raise this query, having responded way beyond the 20 working day limit with no justifiable reason. Therefore, a prompt response is now a matter of urgency.
Yours sincerely,
Martyn Evans
Dear Mr Evans
Thank you for your email. I can confirm that your clarification has been passed to the department who are assisting with the response and the Council will respond as soon as it is in a position to do so.
I can only apologise for the delay in progressing this matter however please be assured that your request is receiving attention.
In the meantime, if you have any queries please do not hesitate to contact me.
Yours sincerely
Tina Delaney
Y Swyddfa Rhyddid Gwybodaeth | Freedom of Information Office
Cyfarwyddiaeth y Prif Weithredwr| Chief Executive’s Directorate
Cyngor Bwrdeistref Sirol Pen-Y-Bont ar Ogwr | Bridgend County Borough Council
Ffon / Phone: (01656) 643473
Ffacs / Fax: (01656) 657899
E-bost / E-Mail [Bridgend County Borough Council request email]
Gwefan / Website: www.bridgend.gov.uk
Mae'r e-bost hwn ac unrhyw atodiadau a drosglwyddir gydag ef yn cynrychioli
safbwyntiau'r unigolyn a'i anfonodd (unigolion a'u hanfonodd) ac ni ddylid eu
hystyried fel safbwynt swyddogol Cyngor Bwrdeistref Sirol Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr.
Mae'r cynnwys yn gyfrinachol ac wedi'i fwriadu ar gyfer y sawl y'i cyfeiriwyd
ato yn unig. Os ydych wedi ei dderbyn mewn camgymeriad, rhowch wybod i weinyddwr
y system ar [email address]
Mae'r e-bost hwn ac unrhyw atodiadau wedi cael eu sganio.
Dear Tina Delaney,
I am following up on the FOI request I made on 5th November 2024. I am increasingly concerned by the council's lack of cooperation in relation to my request. Please note that we have now reached 53 working days since the request was made. This is both extremely frustrating and unjustifiable.
For the avoidance of doubt, Section 10 of FOIA sets out the timescales within which you must respond to a FOIA request. You must comply promptly, and no later than 20 working days following the date of receipt of the request. The Information Commissioner interprets this to mean that ‘day 1’ is the first working day after the request has been received.
The 20 working day timescale applies where a council has:
a duty under section 1(1)(a) to confirm or deny whether you hold the information;
a duty under section 1(1)(b) to provide information you hold to the requester;
a duty under section 17 to issue a refusal notice explaining why you have refused a request.
I note that Bridgend Council has not provided any reason(s) for their inability to meet this FOI request. This is unacceptable and is a demonstrable breach of the FOIA. Due to this ongoing delay and lack of communication I am now requesting that, as a matter of urgency, Bridgend Council now provides:
1. Its reasons for this non-compliance;
and,
2. The precise date when the FOI will be fully met.
Yours sincerely,
Martyn Evans
Diolch ichi am eich gohebiaeth. Sylwch na fydd yr ohebiaeth yn cael ei
hailgyfeirio.
Oherwydd ôl-groniad o waith newydd a phroblemau sy’n parhau o ran adnoddau
yn Nhîm Gwybodaeth y Cyngor, ar hyn o bryd nid ydym yn gallu cydnabod
gohebiaeth newydd yn syth pan fydd yn ein cyrraedd. Gallwn eich sicrhau
ein bod wedi cael eich gohebiaeth ac y bydd y tîm yn rhoi sylw i’ch mater
cyn gynted ag y gallwn.
Rydym yn gweithio’n galed i wella’r sefyllfa. Diolch ichi am eich amynedd.
Thank you for your correspondence, please note this will not be
redirected.
Due to a backlog of new work and ongoing resource issues within the
Council’s Information Team, we are not currently able to acknowledge new
correspondence as soon as it is received. Please be assured that your
correspondence has been received and will be dealt with by the team as
soon as we are able to.
We are working hard to improve the situation and thank you for your
patience.
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This e-mail and any attachments transmitted with it represents the
views of the individual(s) who sent them and should not be regarded
as the official view of Bridgend County Borough Council. The contents
are confidential and intended solely for the use of the addressee. If
you have received it in error, please inform the system administrator
[email address]
This e-mail and any attachments have been scanned.
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Mae'r e-bost hwn ac unrhyw atodiadau a drosglwyddir gydag ef yn
cynrychioli
safbwyntiau'r unigolyn a'i anfonodd (unigolion a'u hanfonodd) ac ni ddylid
eu
hystyried fel safbwynt swyddogol Cyngor Bwrdeistref Sirol Pen-y-bont ar
Ogwr.
Mae'r cynnwys yn gyfrinachol ac wedi'i fwriadu ar gyfer y sawl y'i
cyfeiriwyd
ato yn unig. Os ydych wedi ei dderbyn mewn camgymeriad, rhowch wybod i
weinyddwr
y system ar [email address]
Mae'r e-bost hwn ac unrhyw atodiadau wedi cael eu sganio.
Dear Martyn Evans,
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST FOI001-6375
We refer to your email dated 5^th November 2024 which contained a request
for information as set out in italics below. Following consideration of
your request, in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I
respond to each point as follows:
Please provide a breakdown of the Violent Incident Report forms returned
by school-based employees in your local authority for the academic years
starting from September 2019 - July 2024.
Please show the total number of forms returned by school for this period.
This includes all primary, secondary and PRU schools as required by your
Health and Safety policy.
Please find attached.
I hope this response satisfies your request. If you are dissatisfied with
the handling of the request, under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 you
have the right to request a review of the Council’s response to your
request for information. If you wish to request a review, please write to
the below address or email [1][Bridgend County Borough Council request
email] . Following ICO guidance, a request for a review must be made
within 2 months of a response being received.
Monitoring Officer
Bridgend County Borough Council
Civic Offices,
Angel Street
Bridgend, CF31 4WB
If you remain dissatisfied with the outcome of that review, you may seek
further recourse by lodging an appeal with the Information Commissioner
at:
Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Tel: 0303 123 1113
E:mail : [2][email address]
Website: [3]www.ico.org.uk
Yours sincerely
--
Freedom of Information Office
Bridgend County Borough Council
Level 4, Civic Offices
Angel Street
Bridgend
CF31 4WB
Tel: 01656 643565
Email: [Bridgend County Borough Council request email]
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