This is an HTML version of an attachment to the Freedom of Information request 'Cuts to Special Educational Needs (SEN) Spend per pupil'.




 
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12th January 2018 
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Alun Williams 
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Dear Mrs O’Reilly  
 
Re:   Request for Internal Review under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) 
 
 
I write in response to your recent request for a review of your FOI on account of further information 
that you have obtained which calls into question the response originally issued to you in December 
2017.  In addition to this, you believe that this information has been purposefully withheld from 
you.   
 
I have considered your comments and reviewed the relevant information.  For ease of reference I 
will outline the stages of your request so far and provide you with my decision, having undertaken 
this review.  
 
Request dated 13th November 2017:  
‘Please provide names and job titles of staff tasked with decreasing the Special Educational Need 
(SEN) spend per pupil’. 
 
Response issued 11th December 2017:   
‘The Special Educational Needs (SEN) budget comes under Learning Services, therefore no staff 
is tasked with the decreasing spend per pupil’.   
 
Request for Review submitted 13th December 2017:  
‘Having conducted our own research we believe that individual members of staff are tasked with 
reducing the SEN per pupil spend. The document that can be viewed at this link clearly shows that 
Gerwyn Loosley is one of the members of staff tasked with reducing the SEN per pupil spend: 
https://www.scribd.com/document/367070711/Ceredigion-Lsb-Sip-Performance-Framework-
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We believe that you do hold the information we were requesting but you have chosen not to 
provide it to us, we still require this information and hope it can be provided to us promptly’. 

 


 
 
Decision: 
I have now reviewed your original request and considered your comments upon submitting your 
request for Internal Review under FOIA.  I thank you for sharing your own research with the 
Authority, which refers to the Single Integrated Plan Executive group Report Card for 2013/14.  As 
you have identified, this document details a target to reduce average SEN spend per pupil and at 
that time, Mr Gerwyn Loosley was recorded as the lead reporting officer for that specific action. 
 
I can confirm that since 2013/14, no member/s of staff have been designated or tasked specifically 
to decrease the average SEN spend per pupil hence the response issued to you on 11th 
December is indeed correct.   
 
If you remain dissatisfied with the way the Authority has dealt with your request you may refer the 
matter to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).  
 
Their details are as follows:  
Information Commissioner’s Office – Wales 
2nd Floor  
Churchill House 
Churchill Way 
Cardiff 
CF10 2HH 
 
Yours sincerely 
 
 
Alun Williams 
Pennaeth Cefnogi Polisi 
Head of Policy Support