FOI request details
Request
Subject: Personal Budgets in Education
Reference: WBC-FOI-00322
1. How many children/young people within your Local Authority have been awarded and currently access Personal Budgets for Education (as at Jan 23)?
2. 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 23)?
3. 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 23)?
4. How many of the Personal Budgets for Education currently being accessed are awarded in the form of Direct Payments to families (as at Jan 23)?
5. What is the total annual cost of Personal Budgets for Education within your Local Authority (as at Jan 23)?
6. What is the total annual cost of Personal Budgets for Education allocated as Direct Payments to families within your Local Authority (as at Jan 23)?
Response
Part Disclosed - 19 January 2023
Request for Information - WBC-FOI-00322 - Personal Budgets in Education
I refer to your request for information received on 03 January 2023. Please see the information below in response to your request: -
1.How many children/young people within your Local Authority have been awarded and currently access Personal Budgets for Education (as at Jan 23)?
The data is provided for 2022-2023 Financial Year: 15 children.
2.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 23)?
5 children.
3.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 23)?
Fewer than 5.
4.How many of the Personal Budgets for Education currently being accessed are awarded in the form of Direct Payments to families (as at Jan 23)?
15 children.
5.What is the total annual cost of Personal Budgets for Education within your Local Authority (as at Jan 23)?
Forecast is £206k per 2022-2023 Financial Year.
6.What is the total annual cost of Personal Budgets for Education allocated as Direct Payments to families within your Local Authority (as at Jan 23)?
Forecast is £206k per 2022-2023 Financial Year.
You will notice that the phrase 'fewer than 5' has been used in lieu of some exact figures above. This is because Wandsworth Council considers that disclosure of very low numbers of individuals would enable the identification of a living individual from that information, or, from the information and other data in the possession of, or likely to come into the possession of, a data controller. Disclosure of the requested information would result in a breach of one or more of the principles of the GDPR/DPA 2018 and the information is therefore exempt in accordance with Section 40(2) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
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