SEN Direct Payments
Dear West Sussex County Council,
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, could you please
provide details of:
(i) the number of direct payments for special educational needs granted under the SEN (Direct Payments) (Pilot Order) 2012.
(Ii) details of what types of provision these payments were awarded for
(iii) the number of requests refused and the reasons for the
refusals (including head teachers refusing consent)
(iv) copies of any block funding contracts with health service providers for special educational needs provision
Yours faithfully,
E Doherty
Dear Mr/Ms Doherty,
Thank you for your enquiry, which has been forwarded to the appropriate
officers for a response.
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September 2012, FoI and EIR requests to West Sussex County Council and the
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transparency and open data.
Yours sincerely,
Dave Loveman
Customer Relations Team Manager
[1]Freedom Of Information | [2]West Sussex County Council | Location:
County Hall, Chichester PO19 1RQ
E-mail: [3][email address]
Dear Mr Doherty
Further to your Freedom of Information request, please see the Local
Authority response below:
(i) the number of direct payments for special educational needs granted
under the SEN (Direct Payments) (Pilot Order) 2012.
14
(Ii) details of what types of provision these payments were awarded for
2 Personal Assistants for health requirements
1 Specialist equipment
5 Personalised packages, including specialist transport and
health activities additional therapy.
6 IT equipment to support set up of a communication group
(ii) the number of requests refused and the reasons for the refusals
(including head teachers refusing consent)
0
(iv) copies of any block funding contracts with health service providers
for special educational needs provision
Speech and language services are part of the services commissioned to
support children and young people with special education and learning
needs(SEN). Funding for this service is provided from a combined budget
from West Sussex County Council SEN and Early Years as well as the Health
component as part of a block contract, health contracting managers have
with Sussex Community Trust(SCT)- the service providers
SCT provide most health services to children and young people in West
Sussex and historically the individual budgets for services have been
paid to them as a block contract. We do not have a separate block
contract for health services to SEN.
Yours sincerely
Sue Bryan
Right of Appeal
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direct your comments to the Information Commissioner who will give it
consideration. The Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House,
Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF
[1]Sue Bryan | Research Officer (Schools), Communities Commissioning,
Learning , [2]West Sussex County Council | Location: Room 215, Second
Floor East Wing, County Hall
Internal: 28348 | External: 033022 28348 | E-mail:
[3][email address]
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