Budget used for Children with SEN in Mainstream Schools

Dear Alexandra

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Steve Cullen
Data Protection and Freedom of Information Manager
Children, Young People and Families Directorate
Birmingham City Council

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Dear Ms Reid

Further to your request for information regarding:

I would like to know the budget set for Children with SEN in Mainstream
School. I require the amount spent on SEN and if this money was spent with
a Supply Agency. The dates I require are September 2011 till Present
including the Agency Name.

Response

Birmingham City Council does not hold the information you have requested.
Schools are informed of their budgets in the march before the start of the
new financial year. The amounts allocated for SEN can be identified from
the school budget information (Section 251 Statements) published on BGFL.

However schools are free to allocate the budget to fund SEN and other
priorities - these are individual school decisions, information on which is
not kept by the Local Authority and neither is Agency spend.

If you are not satisfied with the response you may ask for an internal
review please contact the corporate team at the address below:

Corporate Information Governance Team
3rd Floor, 1 Lancaster Circus
Birmingham
B4 7AB
or
[email address]

If subsequently you are not satisfied with the Council’s decision you may
apply to the Information Commissioner for a decision. Generally, the ICO
cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted the complaints procedure
provided by the Council. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at
the following address:

The Information Commissioner
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF

Telephone: 01625 545745
Web Address: www.ico.gov.uk

Yours sincerely

Corporate Information Governance Team

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The information provided is subject to Birmingham City Council copyright,
however, it may be re-used for personal, educational or non-commercial
purposes without further reference to the City Council. If the re-use is
for other purposes, such as commercial re-use, you should notify the City
Council in writing to seek approval or agree terms for re-use. Where
Birmingham City Council does not hold the copyright, it has indicated the
copyright holder. Permission for re-use should be sought from them
directly.

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