CC: virtual school Telephone: 01522 550274  Email: virtualschool@lincolnshire.gov.uk

To: House Committee on Oversight and Accountability
Cc: Administrative Oversight, Lewes Crown Court Listing Office, Lincolnshire Virtual School, Gary Daniels
Subject: Urgent Escalation – Removal of Statutory Educational Records and Potential Evidence Interference

Date: 27-11-2025

Dear Members of the Oversight Committee,

Further to my communication dated 23 November 2025, I am writing to report a serious development that occurred after my statutory request for disclosure of Virtual School records relating to my daughter, Emily Cathryn Newbold Smith (DOB 30-10-2006).

On 15 and 16 November 2025, I issued formal statutory requests, under writ and warrant A9Q51NHR and court case 640MC413 Lewis, to Lincolnshire Virtual School and Mr Gary Daniels. These requests demanded full disclosure of all Virtual School records, including:

• Personal Education Plans (PEPs)
• Placement history
• Funding logs
• Audit trails and any associated monitoring data

I am increasingly worried about the lack of transparency around the digital systems used to track vulnerable children, such as the ePEP platform run by Virtual School heads. Government figures suggest that around 430,000 young people have not been able to access their Child Trust Fund accounts, and it is not clear whether the data held by local authorities and their providers is complete, accurate, or securely preserved.

In that context, I believe public figures such as Prince Andrew and Tony Blair, and anyone in senior roles connected with systems like ePEP (for example Gary Daniels), should be fully open about any relationships, contracts, or oversight arrangements they have had. We urgently need clear answers about:

• How children’s records are safeguarded
• How data in these systems is audited
• What protections exist to prevent records ever being lost, altered, or deleted without explanation
• be subpoenaed to give evidence to the  House Committee on Oversight and Accountability without delay.

To date, I have received one communication from Gary Daniels, which I have assessed and attached below, as it simply confirms information that I already knew but does not address the core issues raised above.

Given the scale of potential data and safeguarding failures implicated by these systems, I respectfully request that the Committee:

1. Examine the governance, auditing, and data-retention arrangements surrounding ePEP and related platforms; and
2. Seek disclosure and testimony, where appropriate, from those with oversight or contractual involvement, so that Parliament and the public can understand what has happened to these records and what safeguards are actually in place.

Yours faithfully,

Martin Newbold

Attachment.

• Investigating Local Authority Failures in Child Care
• FOIA Request for Investigations on Little St James and Texas Ranch
• Re: Notification of Assessment Outcome – CASE-20246844 [SEC=OFFICIAL]
• Alleged Deletion of Specific Email Evidence
• Clarifying eGov’s History and Missing Video Insight