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Written question asked by Nick Gibb (Conservative) on Thursday, 26 January 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 30 January 2006. It was answered by Maria Eagle (Labour) on Monday, 27 February 2006 on behalf of the Department for Education and Skills.

Child Protection

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many appeals to the tribunal established under section 9 of the Protection of Children Act 1999 against a decision (a) to give a direction or (b) not to vary or revoke a direction under section 142 of the Education Act 2002 there were in each year since 2002; and how many of these appeals were successful in each year.
Answer

A person who has been barred on the grounds of being unsuitable to work with children may apply to the Care Standards Tribunal for a review where they claim that they are no longer unsuitable to work with children no sooner than ten years after the issue of their direction. A review by the tribunal will be on the grounds of a material change in the circumstances of the person concerned since the earlier direction was given.The annual number of appeals, to the Care Standards Tribunal in respect of listing on list 99, lodged in each calendar year is as follows:

Number of appeals
2002 3
2003 3
2004 3
2005 6
2006 0

The following table shows detail of the decisions taken on appeal cases heard by the Care Standards Tribunal. Three appeals cases have not yet been concluded.

Outcome Numberof cases
Tribunal ordered the individual's name be removed from list 99 2
Tribunal ordered the individual's name be retained on list 99 7
Tribunal ordered the individual's name be retained on list 99 but with restrictions in place 2
Tribunal ordered the individual's case be reviewed on the basis on new evidence 1

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
443 c511-2W;443 c510-1W; 47110
Session
2005-06
Subjects
Children Appeals Protection Schools
Legislation
Protection of Children Act 1999
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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