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Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council (24 010 454)
Statement Upheld Special educational needs 28-Jul-2025
Summary: Mrs X complained about the Council’s provision of education, and handling of the education, health and care process for her two children which caused missed education and significant distress. We find the Council at fault for its failure to provide suitable alternative education, meet statutory deadlines, and for poor communication and complaint handling, which caused injustice. We find the Council has already offered a suitable remedy for the injustice. We have decided to end our investigation into other areas of the complaint because they are late or have been appealed to the Tribunal.
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London Borough of Lewisham (24 011 068)
Statement Upheld Special educational needs 28-Jul-2025
Summary: The Council acknowledged serious failings concerning Mr F’s son’s education, health and care (EHC) plan following Mr F’s first complaint. It is too late for us to look into these matters now. The Council acknowledged further failings updating the Plan following Mr F’s second complaint. The Council has apologised and offered a suitable symbolic payment.
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London Borough of Waltham Forest (24 012 021)
Statement Upheld Allocations 28-Jul-2025
Summary: Ms X complained the Council failed to correct an issue with her ‘My Waltham Forest’ account. We found there was a failure to address the issue for a prolonged period. This meant she was not able to place bids for housing and her account was closed inappropriately because she was unable to re-register as required. We found Ms X did not miss out on housing as a result of the issue, but we recommended a payment to recognise the distress caused. We also found the Council placed Ms X in unsuitable bed and breakfast accommodation for too long and we recommended a payment to recognise this.
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London Borough of Harrow (24 012 792)
Statement Upheld Looked after children 28-Jul-2025
Summary: Miss Y complains the Council did not properly investigate the injuries her child obtained whilst in Council arranged foster care. We find procedural fault which creates uncertainty about the Council’s consideration of the injuries. The Council will pay £500 in recognition of that distress and remind staff of the protocols when considering allegations made against those working with children.
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Essex County Council (24 013 349)
Statement Not upheld Safeguarding 28-Jul-2025
Summary: Mr X complained on behalf of his mother Miss Y about how the Council charged for a temporary care home, made her sign a document, managed her money, and decided to apply to the Court of Protection for deputyship. He said this caused Miss Y distress. We do not find the Council at fault.
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Rother District Council (24 015 328)
Statement Upheld Enforcement 28-Jul-2025
Summary: Mr X complained the Council did not follow due process to investigate alleged planning breaches at a neighbouring residential site. He says the Council failed to take appropriate enforcement action. Mr X says the Council’s actions negatively impacted his family’s mental health and caused avoidable stress. We found fault by the Council. The Council has agreed to apologise to Mr X and has agreed to make service improvements.
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Isle of Wight Council (24 015 465)
Statement Upheld Homelessness 28-Jul-2025
Summary: Mr X complained about the Council placing him in unsuitable interim accommodation. He also complained that it would not offer him interim accommodation until he rehoused his emotional support dog and that a housing officer was rude and dismissive towards him. We found fault by the Council on all matters. The Council agreed to apologise to Mr X and make him symbolic payments in recognition of the injustice caused to him.
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Northumberland County Council (23 016 680)
Statement Upheld Residential care 28-Jul-2025
Summary: Mrs Y complained about the care the Council arranged for her mother, Mrs X, in late 2022. There was fault in how the Care Home, on behalf of the Council, cared for Mrs X. This caused significant avoidable distress and uncertainty for Mrs Y and Mrs X’s husband. The Council agreed to apologise and make a symbolic payment to Mrs X’s close family.
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Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council (23 017 962)
Statement Upheld Allocations 28-Jul-2025
Summary: Ms X complained about the way the Council handled her housing register and homelessness applications meaning she had to spend longer in unsafe accommodation. She also complained about its complaint handling. We have not found the Council at fault for the way it handled Ms X’s housing register application but we have found the Council at fault for not considering whether Ms X was homeless on the basis her property was not reasonable to occupy. We have also found the Council at fault for its complaint handling. To remedy the injustice caused the Council agreed to apologise to Ms X and make a payment for the distress caused.
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South Staffordshire District Council (25 002 215)
Statement Closed after initial enquiries Trees 28-Jul-2025
Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about a tree preservation order as the complaint is made late and there are not good reasons to investigate now. The complaint that the Council has not since considered whether the order should be varied has not yet been made to the Council and should be done so before we would assess it.