Our Letter to the Parliamentary Ombudsman

[Ali P]

From the Staffordshire blog.

Our Letter to the Parliamentary Ombudsman

There are a number of shortcomings that arguably amount to a breach of both the Nolan Committee's ‘The Seven Principles of Public Life’ and the Civil Service Code. Clearly, these are serious allegations and, if correct, undermine the legitimacy of, and public trust in, the Review and its conclusions. In effect the policy making process has been let down by a poorly conducted Review.

Read it all, it's great!

And in case anyone missed it, the Staffordshire response to the answer given by the legendary Delyth Morgan in answer to Lord Lucas's question, House of Lords Written answers and statements, 29 June 2009.

NO COST TO NEW REGULATION OF HOME EDUCATION

The presumption that each case will impose a small burden on LAs also seems naive - possibly indicating a lack of understanding of what might be involved if the proposals are ever to be implemented. For example, the review, itself, calls for trained staff to be involved - this will have a cost and may involve training provision to be commissioned. In addition, I for one will not allow only one LA official to see my daughter on her own - if you can't trust parents then why should I trust the LA staff. A minimum of two staff will be needed (both females so same sex as my daughter), plus I want the interview to be videoed. This will have implications for staffing numbers and other resources.