Meeting documents

Appeals Committee B
Thursday, 31st August, 2006 5.30 pm

Place:
Civic Centre, Civic Suite, Southend-on-Sea
 

Attendance Details

ItemDescriptionResolution
Part I
367 Apologies and substitutions.
 Apologies were received from Councillor Clinkscales.
368 Declarations of interest.
 There were no declarations of interest at this meeting.
369 Exclusion of the Public.
 Resolved:

That, under Section 100(A)(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public be excluded from the meeting for the items of business set out below on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Act and that the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.
Part II(Confidential)
370 School Transport Appeal - Pupil CF
  • (Attachment: 1)Report of Director of Children & Learning
  • (Attachment: 2)Appendix 1
 The Committee considered a report of the Director of Children & Learning, together with supporting correspondence from the parent of pupil CF, in connection with an application for home to school transport assistance.

Resolved:

That there being no circumstances reported which would justify a departure from the Council's policy the appeal be dismissed.
371 School Transport Appeal - Pupil JU
  • (Attachment: 3)Report of Director of Children & Learning
  • (Attachment: 4)Appendix 1 - Pupil JU
  • (Attachment: 5)Appendix 1a - Pupil JU
  • (Attachment: 6)Appendix 2 - Pupil JU
 The Committee considered a report of the Director of Children & Learning, together with supporting correspondence from the parent of pupil JU, in connection with an application for home to school transport assistance.

Resolved:

That, subject to review at the end of the academic year, the appeal be allowed and home to school transport assistance be granted by reason of extenuating circumstances.
372 School Transport Appeal - Pupil LG
  • (Attachment: 7)Report of Director of Children & Learning
  • (Attachment: 8)Appendix 1 - Pupil LG
 The Committee considered a report of the Director of Children & Learning, together with supporting correspondence from the parent of pupil LG, in connection with an application for home to school transport assistance.

Resolved:

That there being no circumstances reported which would justify a departure from the Council's policy the appeal be dismissed.
373 Home to School Transport for a Pupil with a Statement of Special Educational Needs - Pupil LT
  • (Attachment: 9)Report of Director of Children & Learning
 The Committee considered a report of the Director of Children & Learning, together with supporting correspondence from the parent of pupil LT, in connection with a request that LT was picked up first and was dropped off last by the contractor providing the home to school transport.

The Committee noted that LT was in receipt of home to school transport and the main consideration was whether to support the parent's request.

The Committee was advised that the contracts for home to school transport stipulate a journey time of no more than forty-five minutes, and up to one hour in exceptional circumstances. It was advised that if the pick-up/drop-off times were changed the journey time would increase to one hour and twenty minutes.

Resolved:

That there being no circumstances reported which would justify a departure from the Council's policy and that it would be discriminatory towards other parents using the home to school transport service the request from the parent of pupil LT to change the pick-up and drop-off time be refused.
374 Home to School Transport for a Pupil with a Statement of Special Educational Needs - Pupil NB
  • (Attachment: 10)Report of Director of Children & Learning
 The Committee considered a report of the Director of Children & Learning, together with supporting correspondence from the parent of pupil NB, in connection with an application for home to school transport assistance.

Resolved:

That there being no circumstances reported which would justify a departure from the Council's policy the appeal be dismissed.
17.30/18.05

Attendance Details

Present:
Councillor A J Moring (Chairman),
Councillors R A H Brown (Vice-Chairman), Mrs M F Evans, D A Norman and Mrs P E Rayner
In attendance:
T Stevens, L Harrison, R Harris and A Thornton

 

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