Region at a glance
How responsibilities are divided:Derby, Derbyshire, Nottingham and Nottinghamshire are covered by the East Midlands Combined County Authority for selected devolved functions. Greater Lincolnshire has its own combined county authority. SEND and EHCP duties remain with the responsible council, while district councils may hold separate records for housing, local planning and environmental services.
Boundary and transition note:North Lincolnshire is commonly classified within Yorkshire and the Humber, but it is included here exactly as requested and also participates in Greater Lincolnshire arrangements. Greater Lincolnshire local-government reorganisation is developing, so verify the responsible authority when consulting future or transitional records.
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11 councilsAll authorities in the requested East Midlands list.
2 combined county authoritiesEast Midlands and Greater Lincolnshire.
0–25 SENDResponsible councils publish a Local Offer.
20-week EHCP frameworkSubject to limited statutory exceptions.
£500+ spendingCommon transparency-code publication category.
FOI, EIR and SARSeparate rights for different records.
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East Midlands councils
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CouncilEast Midlands CCA
Derby Council
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Derbyshire Council
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CouncilLeicester, Leicestershire & Rutland
Leicester Council
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CouncilLeicester, Leicestershire & Rutland
Leicestershire Council
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CouncilGreater Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire Council
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CouncilNorthamptonshire
North Northamptonshire Council
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CouncilGreater Lincolnshire / Humber
North Lincolnshire Council
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CouncilEast Midlands CCA
Nottingham Council
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Nottinghamshire Council
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CouncilLeicester, Leicestershire & Rutland
Rutland Council
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CouncilNorthamptonshire
West Northamptonshire Council
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Combined authorities and regional public services
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East Midlands Combined County Authority
Covers Derby, Derbyshire, Nottingham and Nottinghamshire. Its devolved work includes strategic transport, skills, housing, economic development and investment.
Greater Lincolnshire Combined County Authority
Strategic devolution body for Greater Lincolnshire, including transport, skills, investment and economic development. Local-government structures are also undergoing reorganisation, so historic and transitional records may sit with different bodies.
Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland
Local government remains divided between Leicester City Council, Leicestershire County Council, district councils and Rutland County Council. Health, police, fire and economic partnerships operate across the wider area.
Northamptonshire public services
North Northamptonshire and West Northamptonshire are separate unitary councils but share major police, fire and NHS structures.
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire services
Region-wide services
SEND and EHCP transparency
National legal duties apply alongside each council’s Local Offer and local procedures.
Core legal framework
Assessment, plans and provision
Track the request, six-week decision, professional advice, draft plan, final plan, placement and delivery of Section F provision.
Statistics and inspections
Independent SEND support
Public finance, procurement and audit
Follow public money from approval through tendering, payment, delivery and audit.
Documents to compare
- Annual revenue budget and medium-term financial plan.
- Capital programme and project business cases.
- Budget-monitoring and savings reports.
- Statement of accounts and annual governance statement.
- Payments to suppliers and purchasing-card transactions.
- Contract register, tenders, award notices and extensions.
- Senior pay, organisation structures and exit payments.
- Audit committee and external-auditor reports.
National tender searches
Audit and value for money
Planning, housing and regeneration
Check council portals alongside district records, strategic programmes and appeal decisions.
Planning evidence checklist
- Application form, drawings and supporting reports.
- Consultation responses and statutory-consultee advice.
- Officer report and committee minutes or webcast.
- Decision notice, conditions and reasons.
- Section 106 agreement and infrastructure contributions.
- Enforcement history and appeal records.
Policy and appeals
Housing and homelessness oversight
Health, schools, care, police and fire
Regional service providers and external inspection routes.
Integrated Care Boards
Schools and inspections
Adult and children's social care
Statistics and open data
Complaints, information rights and scrutiny
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Public and environmental information
Your personal information
Maladministration and service failure
National scrutiny
Public transparency checklist
- Identify whether the council, district council, combined county authority, NHS body, police force or another organisation owns the decision.
- Search committee papers, forward plans, delegated decisions and registers before submitting an FOI request.
- Save the report, meeting date, agenda item, decision-maker, vote and declared interests.
- Compare the approved budget or business case with monitoring reports, final spending and measured outcomes.
- Search council contract registers, Contracts Finder and Find a Tender.
- For planning, retain the officer report, decision notice, conditions, obligations and appeal records.
- Use FOI for public information, EIR for environmental information and SAR for your own personal data.
- Request an internal review where an FOI or EIR response appears incomplete or poorly reasoned.
- Complete the relevant complaints process before approaching an Ombudsman unless a statutory appeal applies.
- Retain dated copies because websites and authority structures can change.
EHCP accountability checklist
- Save proof of when the council received the assessment request.
- Track the six-week decision and overall statutory process.
- Request every education, health, psychology and social-care advice document.
- Ensure Section B records all needs and Section F specifies and quantifies provision.
- Check Sections G and H for relevant health and social-care provision.
- Respond in writing to the draft plan and state the preferred placement.
- Record every occasion when final-plan provision is not delivered.
- Use annual reviews to update needs, outcomes, provision and placement.
- Use tribunal rights for appealable decisions and complaints for delay, maladministration or service failure.