Hampshire County Council (20 008 511)
Category : Other Categories > Commercial and contracts
Decision : Closed after initial enquiries
Decision date : 06 Jan 2021
The Ombudsman's final decision:
Summary: We cannot investigate Mrs B’s complaint about the Council’s decision to cut funding for a service her school provides. That because we cannot investigate complaints from public bodies.
The complaint
- The complainant, Mrs B, has complained on behalf of a community school, about the Council’s decision to cut funding for a service it has provided for over 30 years giving 29 working days’ notice.
The Ombudsman’s role and powers
- The Local Government Act 1974 sets out our powers but also imposes restrictions on what we can investigate.
- We cannot investigate complaints from public bodies. (Local Government Act 1974, section 27(1)(a), as amended)
How I considered this complaint
- I have considered the information Mrs B provided and spoken to her by telephone.
What I found
- We cannot investigate Mrs B’s complaint because she is complaining on behalf of a community school. The school is a body which delivers public services to its local community.
Final decision
- We cannot investigate Mrs B’s complaint because we cannot investigate complaints from public bodies.
Investigator’s decision on behalf of the Ombudsman
Investigator's decision on behalf of the Ombudsman