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Dear Jan Cosgrove
 
Freedom of Information Act 2000
 
Thank you for your request for information that was received on 6 November
2024 concerning
 
The Council has announced major cuts in the LEAs youth service provision -
ref The Guardian 7/10/2024:
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...

Such provision is governed under law by s508 and s507b of the 1996
Education Act as amended by the Education and Training Act 2006. I refer
you to Fair Play for Children's web entry:
http://www.fairplay31.epizy.com/pdf/1363...

Can you please state the number of LEA-run/staffed centres that will close
as a result of your recent decisions. Also how many staff will be lost?

Also, how many non-Council projects will lose funding, how many council
staff in them lost? Will any non-Council operators be approached as to
taking over operation of centres?

Will there be additional funding/staff for non-Council youth projects?

What will remaining staff described in the article be employed to do?

Referring to S508(3), did Council Officers specifically examine the option
detailed there, and if so, did they advise Councillors making the decision
of this?

Referring to s507b 1(a) & 1(b), did Officers specifically examine the
statutory duties re 'sufficiency' with regard to adequacy of provision,
and were these duties communicated specifically to Councillors?

Likewise, as regards s507b 9 et al were Councillors advised about the
statutory need for consultation with qualifying young people, and what
consultation took place and with what result?

Regarding clauses 3-8, what consideration was given to all the statutory
options described therein?
 
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Information request
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Dear Jan Cosgrove
 
Freedom of Information Act 2000

I am writing in respect of your enquiry for information held by the
Authority under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Unfortunately we are unable to meet the statutory deadline as the service
area are still in the process of collating the requested information. We
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Dear Jan Cosgrove
 
Thank you for your request for information received on 6 November 2024.
 
Please find attached our response to your request.
 
Yours faithfully
 
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