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North Lincolnshire Council (24 017 422)
Statement Upheld Assessment and care plan 07-Sep-2025
Summary: Mr X complained the Council has failed to provide his assessed need of 28 hours per week of support and advocacy to him. We find the Council was at fault for its delay in finding a potential new care provider for Mr X and for failing to clarify with him how he wanted to proceed with his care and support needs. However, this fault did not cause Mr X a significant injustice.
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North Yorkshire Council (24 017 810)
Statement Upheld Alternative provision 07-Sep-2025
Summary: The Council was at fault for failing to consider implementing alternative educational provision when it became aware that Mrs X’s child, Y was not attending school in February 2024. The Council was also at fault for failing to ensure the review of Y’s Education, Health and Care (EHC) Plan was held within statutory timescales. The Council has agreed to apologise and make a payment to recognise the distress, frustration and uncertainty this caused.
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Surrey County Council (24 018 170)
Statement Upheld Special educational needs 07-Sep-2025
Summary: Ms X complained the Council failed to issue a final Education, Health and Care Plan following an annual review in February 2024 and delayed issuing a final EHC Plan after an emergency review in August 2024. The Council did not issue a final EHC Plan until March 2025. The delay frustrated Ms X’s right of appeal and caused distress to the whole family. The Council has accepted fault and agreed to pay a suitable financial remedy.
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Cambridgeshire County Council (24 018 250)
Statement Upheld Alternative provision 07-Sep-2025
Summary: We found fault by the Council on Miss Y’s complaint about it failing to ensure her daughter received provision set out in her Education, Health and Care plan when on a reduced timetable. It failed to consider whether it needed to provide suitable alternative education and did not meet the statutory timescales following her annual review. The Council agreed to send Miss Y an apology, pay £3,000 for the distress caused, remind officers about the triggering of the section 19 duty for children out of school with a plan, and ensure processes are in place to monitor and review children with plans on part-time timetables. It will review why delays happened, produce an action plan showing how it will meet statutory timescales, and remind officers of the need to communicate with parents whose children are in similar situations.
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Basildon Borough Council (24 018 358)
Statement Not upheld Homelessness 07-Sep-2025
Summary: Mr Z complains on behalf of Miss X that the Council placed her in Bed and Breakfast accommodation with her small children for longer than the law allows. Mr Z said the area the Council placed Miss X was unsuitable due to the crime rate. Mr Z has also complained about the way the Council has investigated his complaint. Mr Z says Miss X has been caused distress and has been placed in accommodation which was not suitable. We find no fault in the actions of the Council.
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Kent County Council (24 019 201)
Statement Upheld Special educational needs 07-Sep-2025
Summary: Mrs B complained that the Council delayed in completing an Education, Health and Care (EHC) Plan for her daughter, D. She also complained about the complaint-handling and the lack of education for D during this period. We found the Council delayed in completing the process and issuing a final EHC Plan, but we considered that the Council’s offer of £450 is a suitable remedy for the injustice caused to Mrs B.
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Surrey County Council (24 019 820)
Statement Closed after initial enquiries Alternative provision 07-Sep-2025
Summary: We cannot investigate this complaint about the Council’s actions regarding the provision of suitable alternative educational provision to child Y. This is because Mrs X appealed the content of Y’s Education, Health and Care Plan to the First-tier Tribunal and the law does not allow us to investigate any matter that was connected to the appeal.
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Royal Borough of Greenwich (24 002 456)
Statement Upheld Allocations 07-Sep-2025
Summary: Mr and Mrs B say the Council delayed awarding them medical priority on the housing register, gave them incorrect information about their priority date and the properties they could bid on, failed to consider whether they had exceptional circumstances and delayed considering their complaint. The Council delayed awarding medical priority and in backdating Mr and Mrs B’s priority on the housing register, gave Mr and Mrs B conflicting information about the status of their application and delayed considering their complaint. That caused Mr and Mrs B uncertainty, frustration and distress. An apology, payment to Mr and Mrs B, referral to the case review panel, a review of the Council’s complaints policy and reminder to officers is satisfactory remedy.
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Waverley Borough Council (24 007 894)
Statement Upheld Planning applications 07-Sep-2025
Summary: Mr X complained the Council failed to pursue enforcement action over a planning condition requiring a former local pub to be refurbished. He also complained the Council refused a local community group’s request to buy the pub using a compulsory purchase order, and the Council’s listing of the pub as an asset of community value failed to include all its garden. We found there was some fault in the Council’s first consideration of the request to use its compulsory purchase powers. However, this did not result in significant remaining injustice. The remainder of Mr X’s complaint is late, and we did not investigate it.
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Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council (24 008 198)
Statement Upheld Domiciliary care 07-Sep-2025
Summary: Miss X complained about how the Council has supported her care and support needs since March 2024. We find no fault in the care agencies arranged by the Council or in the timeliness of the information provided to Miss X. However, we do find fault in the delay in completing her care and support assessment. This delay caused Miss X avoidable distress and uncertainty. The Council has agreed to apologise to Miss X and complete the outstanding assessment.