Department of Social Welfare and Development(DSWD)

Hi! I am requesting your good office to provide me with data on the number of children in youth detention facilities in the Philippines. Alternatively, if the data requested is not yet available can you at least provide me a copy of previous reports on the number of children currently detained or detained for the past 5 years. 

Thank you and hoping for your response

December 28, 2021

Dear Kent,

Greetings!

Thank you for your request dated Dec 28, 2021 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

Your request

You asked for The number of children in youth detention centers in the Philippines.

Response to your request

While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance, we find your request to be incomplete. Thus, your FOI request did not meet the requisites of a valid FOI request. 

Section 9 of Executive Order No. 2 states that:
SECTION 9. Procedure. The following procedure shall govern the filing and processing of request for access to information:
(a) Any person who requests access to information shall submit a written request to the government office concerned. The request shall state the name and contact information of the requesting party, provide valid proof of his identification or authorization, reasonably describe the information requested, and the reason for, or purpose of, the request for information: Provided, that no request shall be denied or refused acceptance unless the reason for the request is contrary to law, existing rules and regulations or it is one of the exceptions contained in the inventory or updated inventory of exception as hereinabove provided. X X X 	

As emphasized, you only enumerated the requested information and purpose of the request, but, failed to state your contact information. Lastly, we noticed that you did not attach any valid proof of identification. Therefore, we constrain to deny your request.

You may wish to submit a new request and take note of the requisites next time you do. 

I hope this sufficiently addresses your concern. Should you have any questions regarding your request, you can reach me at our email address: [email protected].


Your right to request a review

If you are unhappy with this response to your FOI request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review of the response by writing to Secretary Rolando Joselito D. Bautista. Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response, and should be made within 15 calendar days from the date when you received this letter. We will complete the review and tell you the result within 30 calendar days from the date when we receive your review request.

If you are not satisfied with the result of the review, you then have the right to appeal to the Office of the President under Administrative Order No. 22 (s. 2011).

Thank you.

Respectfully,

MYRNA H. REYES
FOI Officer