Issue - meetings

That Cabinet approves the publication of the EHC Personal Budgets Policy attached at Appendix 1.

Councillor Alex Sanderson, Deputy Leader (responsible for Children and Education), introduced the report, setting out the Council’s person-centred approach intended to give parents, carers and young people more flexibility, choice and control over the support they use and to enable them to make their own decisions as a family about what works best for them in relation to the Education provision specified in the child or young person’s Education, Health and Care Plan (EHC Plan).

This policy was extensively co-produced with Parentsactive and formalised the eligibility purpose and usage of personal budgets regarding the education provision set out in the EHC Plan.

The Leader formally thanked Parentsactive for cooperating and working very closely with the Council over the last decade, including collaborating on the SEN transport service.

AGREED UNANIMOUSLY BY THE CABINET MEMBERS:

That Cabinet approves the publication of the EHC Personal Budgets Policy attached at Appendix 1.