EHC assessments and social care advice and information

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Educational Rights Alliance (ERA)

Dear Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council,

Regulation 6 Special Educational Needs and Disability Regulations 2014 sets out the advice that the Local Authority must secure as part of an Education Health and Care Needs Assessment. Part of that Regulation requires that advice and information in relation to social care is obtained during the EHC Needs Assessment.

Please advise the following with regard to EHC Needs Assessments from Sep 2014 to date, on a year by year basis. Do include new applications and transfers from Statement of SEN and LDA.

1. How many EHC Needs Assessments were carried out?

2. How many of (1) included a social care assessment?

3. How many of (2) were new to social care?

4. Where a social care assessment was NOT carried out as part of the EHC Needs Assessment for a child or young person NEW to social care, what social care advice was provided?

Yours faithfully,

Educational Rights Alliance (ERA)

Information Governance (Social Care & Performance), Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council

Dear Sirs,
 
Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FoIA)
 
Thank you for your email.
 
However, under the above legislation for a request to be valid, you must
provide a named individual and a contact address. Although we have an
address, we will not be able to process this request until we are in
receipt of the remaining information.
 
We look forward to hearing from you at your earliest convenience.
 
Yours faithfully,
 
Carol Bowdery
Corporate Information Governance Officer
Corporate Information Governance Team
 
 

Educational Rights Alliance (ERA)

Dear Information Governance (Social Care & Performance),

Thank you. I refer to the following guidance under Section 8 of the Freedom of Information Act
"Recognising a request made under the Freedom of Information Act (Section 8)". no. 38:

Requests from unincorporated bodies such as campaign groups or clubs are also valid and in most cases should be accepted at face value.

Please proceed with my request.
Yours sincerely,

Educational Rights Alliance (ERA)

Information Governance (Social Care & Performance), Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council

Dear Educational Rights Alliance (ERA),

Thank you for your email.

We are aware of the guidance but thought it impolite not to address correspondence to an individual, as is usual when we deal with other organisations.

All FoIA requests are accepted at face value, as they are deemed to be 'applicant blind'. An acknowledgement will be sent in due course.

Yours sincerely,

Corporate Information Governance Team
SMBC

FOI Information Governance Team,

Information request
Our reference: 2866196
 

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Dear Educational Rights Alliance 
 
Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FoIA)
 
Thank you for your request for information that was received on 17 October
2017, the details of which are given below:
 
Regulation 6 Special Educational Needs and Disability Regulations 2014
sets out the advice that the Local Authority must secure as part of an
Education Health and Care Needs Assessment. Part of that Regulation
requires that advice and information in relation to social care is
obtained during the EHC Needs Assessment.

Please advise the following with regard to EHC Needs Assessments from Sep
2014 to date, on a year by year basis. Do include new applications and
transfers from Statement of SEN and LDA.

1.How many EHC Needs Assessments were carried out?
2.How many of (1) included a social care assessment?
3.How many of (2) were new to social care?
4.Where a social care assessment was NOT carried out as part of the EHC
Needs Assessment for a child or young person NEW to social care, what
social care advice was provided?
 
We are dealing with your request under the above legislation and aim to
send a response by 14 November 2017.
 
In some cases, a fee may be payable.  If we decide this is so, we will
send you a fee notice and we will require payment before proceeding with
your request.
 
FoIA may restrict the release of some or all of the information you have
requested. We will carry out an assessment and if any exemptions apply to
some or all of it, then we might not provide that information to you. We
will inform you if this is the case and advise you of your rights to
request an internal review and to complain to the Information
Commissioner's Office (ICO)
 
Yours faithfully
 
Corporate Information Governance Team
Solihull Council
[1]www.solihull.gov.uk
 
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Carol Bowdery,

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Our reference: 2866196
 

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Dear Sirs
  
Please find attached our response to your request.
 
 
Yours faithfully,
 
 
Corporate Information Governance Team
Solihull Council
[1]www.solihull.gov.uk
 
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