Direct payments and personal budgets
Dear North Yorkshire County Council,
Under the Freedom of Information Act,
1.Please provide a copy of your policy regarding the trialling of SEN Direct Payments and personal budgets.
2.Please confirm whether all parents/carers issued with a new or amended statement since January 2012 have been informed about their right to apply for a Direct Payment for SEN provision under the Special Educational Needs (Direct Payments) (Pilot Scheme) Order 2012. How has this information been provided? Please provide a copy of any standard leaflet or letter issued together with confirmation of the date of issue.
3.Please confirm the number of parents/carers who are receiving SEN Direct Payments and what those Direct Payments relate to.
4.Please confirm whether any of these SEN Direct Payments could be provided outside the Pathfinder project, e.g. payments under Part 6 of a statement for transport.
5.Please provide a copy of your policy for considering requests for direct payments for SEN provision. If you do not have a policy, please confirm whether there are any limits placed on direct payments applications, e.g. they will not be provided if the LA has a block contract or there is a financial limit. Please confirm whether these criteria are communicated to parents and provide a copy of that document .
6.Please confirm your arrangements for reviewing appeals against a refusal of a request for SEN Direct Payments. Please provide a copy of any policy and any leaflet/letter issued to parents explaining this.
7.Please confirm what information is provided to parents/carers about the trialling of personal budgets. Please provide a copy of any leaflet or letter issued.
8.Please confirm how many parents/carers are receiving a personal budget within the auspices of the Pathfinder project?
9.Please confirm how parents/carers in receipt of SEN Direct Payments/ personal budgets obtained the information to make an application. For example, were they:
(a) sent the information with a new or amended statement
(b) recruited as part of a specific pilot
(c) neither (a )or (b), the family approached the LA having heard about SEN Direct Payments/personal budgets from other sources
10.Please provide a copy of your local offer.
Yours faithfully,
Measure Up!
Dear Measure Up!
Thank you for your request for information, of which we acknowledge receipt.
Your request has been passed to the appropriate officer to provide a response as soon as possible, and in any event within 20 working days, as required by the relevant legislation.
Kind regards
Paul Atkinson, for
Data Management Officer
North Yorkshire County Council
01609 533219
[email address]
Dear Measure Up
Thank you for your recent request for information. Please find attached
our response to your questions.
Kind regards
Elise Logan
Team Leader
Finance and Admin Support Team
Central Services
Tel; 01609 534524
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Dear Measure Up
Apologies I forgot to send you the Appeals document. Please find
attached.
Kind regards
Elise Logan
Team Leader
Finance and Admin Support Team
Central Services
Tel; 01609 534524
Weds 12-4pm
Thursday and Friday all day
Access your county council services online 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
at [1]www.northyorks.gov.uk.
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individual and not necessarily those of North Yorkshire County Council.
This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential and solely
for the use of the intended recipient. If you receive this in error,
please do not disclose any information to anyone, notify the sender at the
above address and then destroy all copies.
North Yorkshire County Council’s computer systems and communications may
be monitored to ensure effective operation of the system and for other
lawful purposes. All GCSX traffic may be subject to recording and/or
monitoring in accordance with relevant legislation.
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attachments are free from any virus we would advise you to take any
necessary steps to ensure that they are actually virus free.
If you receive an automatic response stating that the recipient is away
from the office and you wish to request information under either the
Freedom of Information Act, the Data Protection Act or the Environmental
Information Regulations please forward your request by e-mail to the Data
Management Team ([2][email address]) who will
process your request.
North Yorkshire County Council.
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