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Derby City Council (23 009 736)
Report Upheld School transport 14-May-2025
Summary: Ms X, Ms Y and Ms Z complained about the Council’s offer of transport support for their children via a personal travel budget (PTB), rather than providing a vehicle, and about the handling of their subsequent transport appeals. They complained the Council’s decision to offer a PTB was impractical and unaffordable for their individual circumstances. Their children all have Education, Health and Care (EHC) Plans and are older than 16.
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Derby City Council (23 008 547)
Report Upheld School transport 14-May-2025
Summary: Ms X, Ms Y and Ms Z complained about the Council’s offer of transport support for their children via a personal travel budget (PTB), rather than providing a vehicle, and about the handling of their subsequent transport appeals. They complained the Council’s decision to offer a PTB was impractical and unaffordable for their individual circumstances. Their children all have Education, Health and Care (EHC) Plans and are older than 16.
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Derby City Council (23 013 529)
Report Upheld School transport 14-May-2025
Summary: Ms X, Ms Y and Ms Z complained about the Council’s offer of transport support for their children via a personal travel budget (PTB), rather than providing a vehicle, and about the handling of their subsequent transport appeals. They complained the Council’s decision to offer a PTB was impractical and unaffordable for their individual circumstances. Their children all have Education, Health and Care (EHC) Plans and are older than 16.
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South Gloucestershire Council (23 017 552)
Statement Upheld Special educational needs 29-Apr-2025
Summary: There was fault by the Council. It took too long to deal with Mrs B’s complaints to it. It was entitled to decide that it did not have a duty to provide alternative educational provision when her son could not attend school, but it should have reviewed its decision and arranged the provision sooner when it received new information. There was no fault when the Council took two weeks longer than usually allowed to issue a final Education Health and Care Plan. The Council’s shortcomings caused distress and frustration, and meant that Mrs B’s child missed out on educational provision. The Council has agreed to apologise to Mrs B, make symbolic payments, and review its policy on alternative educational provision to make it clearer.
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Leicester City Council (24 000 164)
Statement Upheld Residential care 29-Apr-2025
Summary: Mr C and Mrs C complain about the safeguarding action taken against them and the failure of the Council to safeguard Ms D from financial abuse. There is no fault in the Council’s decision to start safeguarding proceedings. However it should have communicated its decision making more clearly to Mr C and Mrs C. To remedy the complaint the Council has agreed to apologise to Mr C and Mrs C and make service improvements.
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London Borough of Lambeth (24 003 551)
Statement Upheld Charging 29-Apr-2025
Summary: Ms X complains the Council failed to deal properly with the charges for her father’s care, including failing to take account of the fact he had dementia and his family could not access his money until after he died. The Council failed to deal properly with the charges for her father’s care. This resulted in it charging his estate legal costs and interest, despite having no policies for doing so. It also put Ms X to significant time and trouble in pursing the complaint. The Council needs to apologise and refund money to her father’s estate. It also needs to improve its working practices.
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London Borough of Lambeth (24 004 939)
Statement Upheld Homelessness 29-Apr-2025
Summary: Miss X complained the Council placed her and her child in unsuitable temporary accommodation. She stated it took too long to complete a review of the suitability of her accommodation and placed her housing register application in the wrong priority band. We found fault by the Council on both matters. This meant Miss X has lived in unsuitable accommodation for over two years. To remedy her injustice the Council agreed to apologise, pay her £3750 and make a monthly payment for every month she remains in unsuitable accommodation.
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Devon County Council (24 007 013)
Statement Upheld Special educational needs 29-Apr-2025
Summary: Miss X complained about delays in her son, Y’s, Education, Health and Care needs assessment. She said Y has been out of school since February 2023 and she incurred significant costs securing educational provision for him. Miss X said this frustrated and distressed her and Y. There was fault in the way the Council delayed completing the needs assessment. This frustrated Miss X and frustrated her right of appeal to the Tribunal. The Council has agreed to apologise, make a financial payment and provide guidance to its staff.
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North Yorkshire Council (24 007 452)
Statement Upheld Traffic management 29-Apr-2025
Summary: Mr X complained the Council has not addressed his concerns about heavy goods vehicles regularly using the road he lives on. Mr X said this is causing damage to his property. There was some fault by the Council as it had not established whether additional signage was needed to enforce the site. To remedy the injustice caused the Council agreed to consider whether the site needed additional signage and whether it needed to pass the matter to its Trading Standards team.
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East Sussex County Council (24 009 698)
Statement Upheld Special educational needs 29-Apr-2025
Summary: Mrs Y complains the alternative provision offered by the Council was not suitable for her son, D, after he was permanently excluded from primary school. She also complains about delays in reviewing D’s Education Health and Care Plan. We find no fault in the alternative provision initially offered by the Council. However, there was delay in reviewing D’s plan which meant the type of interim provision was not changed as quickly as it should have been. The Council will apologise and pay £200 to Mrs Y in recognition of her delayed appeal rights and £1500 to D for his educational benefit.