I am requesting the following information under the Freedom of Information Act:

1.Please provide the council’s response to the DLUHC consultation/survey on the removal of the current statutory override on Dedicated School Grant deficits (i.e. removing the ringfence of DSG deficits that means they do not have to be funded from available reserves)
The council’s response to the survey was that the DSG deficit statutory override should be extended for longer than 3 years.

2. What is the current forecast in-year underspend/overspend outturn on the Dedicated Schools Grant for 2022/23 (i.e. the forecast outturn for the end of the financial year, applying only to 2022/23 budgets)?
£6,419k overspend

3. What is the current forecast cumulative position on the Dedicated Schools Grant by the end of 2022/23 (i.e. the forecast cumulative surplus or deficit by the end of the financial year)?
£16,460k deficit

4. What is the forecast level of reserves by the end of 2022/23 for those reserves that have the capacity to be used to cover any Dedicated Schools Grant deficit?
Maintained school balance reserves forecast to be £5,178k surplus by the end of the financial year

5. Please state if the council’s Special Education Needs and Disabilities (SEND) provision is covered by a safety valve agreement, a Delivering Best Value arrangement, or any other agreement with the national government
Currently in discussions with the Safety Valve programme

6. Please provide a list of the council’s Key Performance Indicators (or similar targets) in 2022/23 concerning SEND, including the 2021/22 benchmark for those KPIs, any annual or quarterly targets/benchmarks in 2022/23 and the performance against those targets/benchmarks to date
Attached is a word document containing all the indicators from our SEN performance report.
Education performance data can be found here under “pupils and schools”
https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-catalogue

7. Please list the staff roles within the council’s SEND team (those staff employed by the council to manage and deliver SEND eligibility and provision)
The SEND Team is:
• SEND Team Manager
• Assistant Team Manager x 2
• Senior Case Officer x 10
• Case Officer x 6

8. Is performance against these KPIs (as referred to in question 6) considered in the pay, bonuses or performance management of any SEND staff/management? Please provide details.
• Not in the pay/bonuses.
• Considered in the performance management per 1-1s. Personal key objectives aligned to team objectives and the relevant areas of the Corporate Delivery Plan. Personal development plan.