Dear Leigh Baillie

Thank you for your email received 20 August 2013, under the Official Information Act 1982. Your request has been forwarded to the appropriate officials at National office to respond. You may expect a response to be sent to you as soon as possible.
 
Regards
Official and Parliamentary Information team   |  Ministerial and Executive Services
Ministry of Social Development

-----Original Message-----
From: Leigh Bailllie [mailto:[OIA #1085 email]]
Sent: Tuesday, 20 August 2013 11:02 a.m.
To: Info (MSD)
Subject: Official Information Act request - Decisions coming out of an FGC

Dear Ministry of Social Development,

Under the OIA ACT, I wish to understand why there are different rules around some FGCs.

Question one: Those attending SOME FGCs are told they are not to take notes, take information off the whiteboard, take photos of the whiteboard, while others are given a print out, allowed to remove notes, given notes to remove. Can you explain why there is this anomaly please?

Question 2: Many reports from FGCs are not a true and proper copy of what is on the whiteboard which the family have agreed to. There is no discussion in regard to those points that come out on the report and have not been discussed or agreed to by the family. Can you please explain how it is that these family members come to an agreement in regard to the safety and well being of the child and yet without further discussion with CYFS their agreement is changed to reflect something quite different?

Yours faithfully,

Leigh Bailllie

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Dear Leigh Baillie,

Please find attached the Ministry's response to your Official Information Act request of 20 August 2013.
 
Regards
Official and Parliamentary Information team   |  Ministerial and Executive Services
Ministry of Social Development

-----Original Message-----
From: OIA_Requests (MSD)
Sent: Thursday, 22 August 2013 1:16 p.m.
To: '[OIA #1085 email]'
Subject: Your Official Information Act Request - Decisions coming out of an FGC

Dear Leigh Baillie

Thank you for your email received 20 August 2013, under the Official Information Act 1982. Your request has been forwarded to the appropriate officials at National office to respond. You may expect a response to be sent to you as soon as possible.
 
Regards
Official and Parliamentary Information team   |  Ministerial and Executive Services Ministry of Social Development

-----Original Message-----
From: Leigh Bailllie [mailto:[OIA #1085 email]]
Sent: Tuesday, 20 August 2013 11:02 a.m.
To: Info (MSD)
Subject: Official Information Act request - Decisions coming out of an FGC

Dear Ministry of Social Development,

Under the OIA ACT, I wish to understand why there are different rules around some FGCs.

Question one: Those attending SOME FGCs are told they are not to take notes, take information off the whiteboard, take photos of the whiteboard, while others are given a print out, allowed to remove notes, given notes to remove. Can you explain why there is this anomaly please?

Question 2: Many reports from FGCs are not a true and proper copy of what is on the whiteboard which the family have agreed to. There is no discussion in regard to those points that come out on the report and have not been discussed or agreed to by the family. Can you please explain how it is that these family members come to an agreement in regard to the safety and well being of the child and yet without further discussion with CYFS their agreement is changed to reflect something quite different?

Yours faithfully,

Leigh Bailllie

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Please do not send progress updates as PDF files.

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If you find this service useful as an OIA officer, please ask your web manager to link to us from your organisation's OIA page.

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