Please provide information under the Freedom of Information legislation in relation the cases raised with local government ombudsman scheme for the number of cases that the authority has had referred to it or been notified of for special educational needs or alternative provision and the amount paid. Please also indicate what budget line the funds were paid from.
Please provide the information for the calendar years: 2022, 2023, 2024
The statistics in relation to Devon and the cases raised with the local government ombudsman scheme can be found online at: Devon County Council – Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman
We can confirm the costs to be in the table below.
These are the costs incurred for Ombudsman payments for a financial year period NOT calendar, we don’t report in calendar years. These costs have all been incurred by Inclusion & Learning budgets
| Financial Year (April – March) | ||||
| 2022-23 | £28,738 | |||
| 2023-24 | £83,860 | |||
| 2024-25 | £51,292 | to date (12/03/2025) | ||