Personal Budgets in Education

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Dear Greenwich Borough Council,

Personal Budgets for Education January 2024 update (information previously accessed January 2023)

Please could you answer the following questions in relation to your Local Education Authority:-

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)?
2. How many children/young people within your Local Authority with an EHCP are electively home educated (as at Jan 24)?
3. How many children/young people within your Local Authority have been awarded and currently access Personal Budgets for Education (as at Jan 24)?
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)?
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)?
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)?
7. What is the total annual cost of Personal Budgets for Education within your Local Authority (as at Jan 24)?
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)?

I very much appreciate your response in this matter.

Yours faithfully,

Sarah Lockwood

foi, Greenwich Borough Council

Dear Ms Lockwood,

 

FOI request: FOI-1070

 

Thank you for your request dated 08/01/2024

 

Your request will be answered by 05/02/2024

 

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Yours sincerely,

 

David White

Head of Information, Safety and Community Services

Directorate of Communities, Environment and Central

Royal Borough of Greenwich

 

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Dear Ms Lockwood

 

Freedom of Information request:  FOI-1070

 

Thank you for your request dated 8 January 2024

 

Our response is as follows:

 

Please see the attached

 

Personal Budgets for Education January 2024 update (information previously
accessed January 2023)

 

Please could you answer the following questions in relation to your Local
Education Authority:-

 

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)?

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

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

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)?

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)?

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)?

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

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)?

 

 

 

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Yours sincerely,

 

David White

Head of Information, Safety and Community Services

Directorate of Communities, Environment and Central

Royal Borough of Greenwich

 

*   3^rd Floor, The Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, London, SE18
6HQ

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From: foi <[Greenwich Borough Council request email]>
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Cc: foi <[Greenwich Borough Council request email]>
Subject: FOI-1070: Freedom of Information request - Personal Budgets in
Education

 

Dear Ms Lockwood,

 

FOI request: FOI-1070

 

Thank you for your request dated 08/01/2024

 

Your request will be answered by 05/02/2024

 

If you have any queries about this request, please contact me, quoting the
reference number above.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

David White

Head of Information, Safety and Community Services

Directorate of Communities, Environment and Central

Royal Borough of Greenwich

 

*   3^rd Floor, The Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, London, SE18
6HQ

8 [3]www.royalgreenwich.gov.uk

 

ü Please consider the environment before printing this email

 

 

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