Information Team Croydon
Digital Services
Assistant Chief Executive Directorate
Bernard Wetherill House
7th Floor, Zone B
Croydon
CR0 1EA

Contact: Information Team
[Croydon Borough Council request email]

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Dear Sarah Lockwood

Freedom of information request - FOI/8938

Subject: FOI - personal budgets in education

Your request is being considered and you will receive a response within
the statutory timescale of 20 working days, subject to the application of
any exemptions. Where consideration is being given to exemptions the 20
working day timescale may be extended to a period considered reasonable
depending on the nature and circumstances of your request. In such cases
you will be notified and, where possible, a revised time-scale will be
indicated. In all cases we shall attempt to deal with your request at the
earliest opportunity.

If we are unable to provide you with the information requested we will
notify you of this together with the reason(s) why, and details of how you
may appeal.

Please note that the directorate team may contact you for further
information where we believe that the request is not significantly clear
for us to respond fully. 

Kind Regard

Information Management Team

Croydon Digital Services

Assistant Chief Executive Directorate

7th Floor, Zone B

Bernard Weatherill House

8 Mint Walk

Croydon CR0 1EA

Dear Sarah Lockwood, 

Please accept our sincerest apologies with the time it has taken for us to
provide a response to your FOI request. 
I can confirm we have a team working on your request. Once all information
has been collated we will get this information sent out to you. 

We apologies for any inconvenience this may have caused. 

Kind regard, 
Information Management Team. 

Dear [email address],

This request is now delayed. Please could you chase up.

Yours sincerely,

Sarah Lockwood

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Information Team Croydon
Digital Services
Assistant Chief Executive Directorate
Bernard Wetherill House
7th Floor, Zone B
Croydon
CR0 1EA

Contact: Information Team
[Croydon Borough Council request email]

NOTE: Please do not edit the subject line when replying to this email. If
you have a processing request, please ensure you quote that reference in
your emails to us.

Dear Sarah Lockwood

FOI/8938

Subject: FOI - personal budgets in education

Thank you for your e-mail. Please accept our apologies for the delay in
responding to you. 

We can confirm that the relevant service who hold this information are
working on your request and are aware of the urgency and that it is now
overdue.  We are monitoring its progress and as soon as we receive this
information from them we forward this onto you. 

Should we have any further delays we will keep you informed.

Further information about your rights to information is available from the
Information Commissioner's Office at www.ico.org.uk

Kind Regard

Information Management Team

Croydon Digital Services

Assistant Chief Executive Directorate

7th Floor, Zone B

Bernard Weatherill House

8 Mint Walk

Croydon CR0 1EA

Information Team Croydon
Digital Services
Assistant Chief Executive Directorate
Bernard Wetherill House
7th Floor, Zone B
Croydon
CR0 1EA

Contact: Information Team
[Croydon Borough Council request email]

Dear Sarah Lockwood

Request FOI/8938

Freedom of Information Request

Your request has been considered under the provisions of the Freedom of
Information Act. Please accept our apologies for the delay in responding
to you. Specifically, you have requested the following information:

1.  How many children/young people within your Local Authority with an
EHCP have no school or setting named in Section I of their Plan (as at Jan
24)?

based on the EHCP snapshot as at 1st Feb there are
 

Current school Count of Child ID System Ref
Not In Education, Employment or Training (neet) 90
Out of School 16
(blank) 77
Grand Total 183
     

2.  How many children/young people within your Local Authority with an
EHCP are electively home educated (as at Jan 24)?

18.

3. How many children/young people within your Local Authority have been
awarded and currently access Personal Budgets for Education (as at Jan
24)?

25 pupils

4.  How many of the Personal Budgets for Education currently accessed have
been provided as part of an Education Otherwise Than At/In School or
College (EOTAS(C)/EOTIS(C)) provision described in their Education Health
and Care Plan (as at Jan 24)?

3 pupils

5.  How many of the Personal Budgets for Education currently accessed have
been awarded to children/young people who are being Electively Home
Educated (EHE) (as at Jan 24)?

1 pupil

6.  How many of the Personal Budgets for Education currently being
accessed are awarded in the form of Direct Payments to families (as at Jan
24)?

25

7.  What is the total annual cost of Personal Budgets for Education within
your Local Authority (as at Jan 24)?

£ 223,980.19

8. What is the total annual cost of Personal Budgets for Education
allocated as Direct Payments to families within your Local Authority (as
at Jan 24)?

£ 223,980.19

The Council publishes Access to Information requests and responses on its
online Disclosure Log. (Any request included within this log will be
anonymised appropriately)

To view the Council’s Disclosure Log, please visit our website available
here:

[1]The Freedom of Information (FOI) Act | Croydon Council
(disclosure-log.co.uk)

If you are dissatisfied with the way the Council has handled your request
under the Freedom of Information Act you may ask for an internal review. 
This should be submitted to us within 40 working days of this response. 
You can do this by outlining the details of your complaint by:

Email:        [Croydon Borough Council request email]

Writing:     Information Team

London Borough of Croydon
Bernard Weatherill House
3^rd Floor - Zone E
8 Mint Walk
Croydon CR0 1EA

Any requests received after the 40 working day time limit will be
considered only at the discretion of the council.

If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have
the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a
decision. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at:

Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire   SK9 5AF

Yours sincerely 

Croydon Council

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