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London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham (25 003 975)
Statement Closed after initial enquiries Other 21-Sep-2025
Summary: Mr X disagreed with the Council’s summary of his complaint. He asked us to investigate instead. We will not investigate Mr X’s complaint because the Council is willing to investigate and there is no evidence of fault in its complaint handling to justify our involvement.
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London Borough of Lewisham (25 004 197)
Statement Closed after initial enquiries Other 21-Sep-2025
Summary: We will not exercise discretion to investigate this complaint about the Council’s processing of a Home Repairs grant application in 2023. This complaint was received outside the normal 12-month period for investigating complaints. There is no evidence to suggest that Mrs X could not have complained to us sooner.
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Leeds City Council (25 004 435)
Statement Closed after initial enquiries Special educational needs 21-Sep-2025
Summary: We will not investigate Miss X’s complaint about Education Health and Care Plan delays because we are unlikely to achieve a significantly different remedy. It is reasonable to expect her to appeal to the Tribunal a dispute over which is the suitable school for home to school transport purposes.
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Hampshire County Council (24 002 186)
Statement Upheld Alternative provision 21-Sep-2025
Summary: The Council was at fault. It provided Mrs X’s child ,Y, with intermittent alternative provision and did not provide all the special educational provision to which they were entitled. Y’s father, Mr X was caused frustration supporting Y. The Council will apologise and pay £1,250 to Mrs X to acknowledge Y’s missed education and provision and make a symbolic payment of £300 to Mr X. The Council has already put in place actions to improve its service.
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East Sussex County Council (24 011 027)
Statement Upheld Alternative provision 21-Sep-2025
Summary: Mrs X complained that the Council delayed in providing alternative education to her daughter and that, when it was provided, it was unsuitable. We find that there was fault by the Council on the first complaint and a lost opportunity on the second but with limited injustice. The Council has agreed to make symbolic payments for the loss of education and opportunity. The Council has already amended its alternative education policy for pupils medically unfit to attend school and has agreed to consider further service improvements.
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Slough Borough Council (24 011 804)
Statement Upheld Special educational needs 21-Sep-2025
Summary: Ms X complained the Council did not provide a school placement for her child Y who should have started Reception class in September 2023. There was fault causing injustice. Y’s amended Education, Health and Care Plan with her educational placement was delayed by about eighteen months. She did not receive any educational provision between September 2023 and the end of June 2024 which was not in line with legal requirements. Complaint handling was poor. The Council will apologise and make a payment of £500 to reflect avoidable distress, time and trouble and delay in appeal rights. It will also make a payment of £7000 to reflect Y’s lost educational provision.
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Rugby Borough Council (25 002 100)
Statement Closed after initial enquiries Homelessness 21-Sep-2025
Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about the Council’s assessment of a homelessness application. It was reasonable for Miss X to use the review/appeals procedure available under the homelessness legislation to challenge the Council’s decision that she was non-priority homeless.
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Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council (25 002 275)
Statement Closed after initial enquiries Refuse and recycling 21-Sep-2025
Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about the Council’s decision to supply a resident with wheeled bins without them having room to store them within their property. Access issues to a private road are civil matters between Mr X and his neighbour. The Council has apologised for failing to follow its complaint procedure which we consider is a satisfactory remedy to this part of the complaint. Further investigation of Mr X’s concerns will not lead to a different outcome.
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Birmingham City Council (25 002 840)
Statement Closed after initial enquiries Council tax 21-Sep-2025
Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about deductions from benefits for council tax arrears. This is because there is not enough evidence of fault to warrant an investigation and most of Miss X’s complaint is not within our jurisdiction.
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Harlow District Council (25 003 319)
Statement Closed after initial enquiries Allocations 21-Sep-2025
Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about the Council’s assessment of a housing application. There is insufficient evidence of fault in the way the Council reviewed her application which would warrant an investigation. Also we do not consider she has suffered a significant personal injustice from any delay in the review as the Council backdated her new priority banding to the date of her original application.