Last month we sent a Freedom Of Information request asking for a breakdown of costs awarded to families who had suffered due to council failings. The response is unexciting. That’s not because there is no information available, though.
Here is what the Department For Education had to say on the matter:
Our only option now is to contact councils directly. Will they share this information with us?
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IGNORANCE IS BLISS………………………………………………………………………………!
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They should, but procrastination and prevarication are the names of any game played in bureaucratic circles that have anything to do with government: whether local or national.
Time is money, so they say, and bureaucracy’s mantra might well be: “When the Lord made time He made plenty of it.” Thus giving meaning to the concept that there’s no hurry to do today what you can leave until tomorrow.
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its possible but unlikely. most FOi requests sent to Councils get brushed off. the iCO can press them to give a reason why they deny the information but their in house Solicitors will use clauses in Law as the get out.
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LA impunity over Looked After Children remains a festering sore. Impunity must be legislated against by Parliament and replaced with strict accountability. All FOI’s must be dealt with properly and actually address the issues raised. Impunity is undemocratic – an utter waste of taxpayers money!!
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