Divisions and Sub-Divisions of DESC

Summary

The requester asked for the names of all Sub-Divisions within the Department of Education, Sport and Culture, but the authority responded that the information is not held because the department does not have formal subdivisions.

Key Facts

• The Department of Education, Sport and Culture does not have formal subdivisions.
• Instead of subdivisions, the Department's Divisions have specific areas of responsibility.
• Information regarding these areas of responsibility is available in the Department plan 2023-24.
• The request was received on 15 July 2024 and closed on 18 July 2024.
• The authority offered advice and assistance by directing the requester to a specific PDF document.

Data Disclosed

• 3980913
• 2024-07-15
• 2024-07-18
• 2023-24
• pages 8 and 9
• 01624 685808

Exemptions Cited

• Information not held

Original Request

Please can you provide the names of all Sub-Divisions that fall under the Divisions of your Department

Data Tables (1)

Full Response Text

Policy, Strategy and Governance Division Department of Education, Sport and Culture Thie Slieau Whallian Foxdale Road St Johns IM4 3AS

Telephone: (01624) 685808 Website: www.gov.im/dec Email: dec@foi.gov.im

Our ref: 3980913 18 July 2024

Dear ###,

We write further to your request received 15 July 2024, which states:

"Please can you provide the names of all Sub-Divisions that fall under the Divisions of your Department"

While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance the public authority does not hold or cannot, after taking reasonable steps to do so, find the information that you have requested. The reason for this is the Department does not have formal subdivisions and rather the Department’s Divisions have areas of responsibility.

By way of advice and assistance information relating to the areas of responsibility within the Department’s divisions is detailed on pages 8 and 9 of the Department of Education, Sport and Culture’s Department plan 2023-24, which is accessible via the following weblink: https://www.gov.im/media/1381206/desc-department-plan-2023- 2024.pdf

Please quote the reference number 3980913 in any future communications.

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I will now close your request as of this date.