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Date: Oct. 6, 2019, 8:46 a.m.
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Date: 2019-10-07 08:51:40.000000
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Date: 2019-10-14 17:38:55.000000
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Published by Department of Social Welfare and Development(DSWD) on Oct. 6, 2019.
Requested from DSWD by C. Del Rosario at 08:46 AM on
Oct. 6, 2019.
Purpose: Background study for program implementation
Date of Coverage: 09/01/2019 - 09/30/2019
Tracking no: #DSWD-430833364281
Hello, I would like to request information regarding: 1) the number of solo parents in the Philippines 2) the number of that population who holds a Solo Parents ID or is registered to receive benefits under R.A. 8972 3) the demographic characteristics of those registered 4) the demographic characteristics of those unregistered Thank you!
October 7, 2019 Dear Christjinna Luofel, Thank you for your request dated Oct 06, 2019 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for Solo parent ID holders. We received your request on Oct 06, 2019 and will respond on or before Oct 25, 2019 08:46:40 AM, in accordance with the Executive Order's implementing rules and regulations. Should you have any questions regarding your request, kindly contact me using the reply function on the eFOI portal at https://www.foi.gov.ph/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHgsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEURTV0QtNDMwODMzMzY0MjgxDA, for request with ticket number #DSWD-430833364281. Thank you. Respectfully, Myrna Reyes FOI Officer
14 October 2019 Dear Ms. Christjinna Luofel Del Rosario, You requested for information on the following: “(1) the number of solo parents in the Philippines; (2) the number of that population who holds a Solo Parents ID or is registered to receive benefits under R.A. 8972; (3) the demographic characteristics of those registered; and (4) the demographic characteristics of those unregistered”. Unfortunately, the DSWD does not have the information you need. Thus, we are constrained to deny your request. Under Republic Act 10625 (the “Philippine Statistical Act of 2013”), the Philippine Statistics Authority is the government agency responsible for preparing and conducting periodic censuses on population, housing, agriculture, fisheries, business, industry and other sectors of the economy. The PSA may have the complete data for number (1). Hence, you may wish to direct your request to the PSA by submitting a request to the PSA via this portal. You may also contact the PSA by telephone at 462-6600 locals 839, 833 and 834 or via email at [email protected]. Further, under the Implementing Rules and Regulations of Republic Act No. 8972 [Solo Parents Welfare Act of 2000}, the registration and the issuance of the Solo Parents ID is the responsibility of the respective city/municipal social welfare development office where the solo parent resides. The C/M SWDO is not under the DSWD but it is under the jurisdiction of their respective local government units. Thus, to answer numbers (2), (3) and (4), you may direct your request to each LGU in the country. Very Truly Yours, Atty. Maria Cassandra M. Urbiztondo FOI Decision Maker