All the excuses ("all schools in the UK have to have this -- it's required by law!") fall apart
I didn't read those links posted by the person who gave this lily-livered response - can't waste my time on things like that.
You will often hear people say things like that. "You have to apply to the government etc blah blah blah"
Besides policy is policy and law is another thing again (usually). It's been taken down so the bluff has been called, not by choice but by internal pressure and the attempt to appear clean.
Good work, Matthew. Ever vigilant.