Council admits unaware of serious safeguarding issues as home to school transport contract collapses
A report to Birmingham City Council’s Cabinet today (15 July 2019) highlights how Labour run Birmingham City Council extended the contract for home to school transport for the city’s disabled children 7 times since 2013 despite the provider failing to meet basic service standards and safeguarding requirements. A lack of monitoring of the contract meant that significant concerns around safeguarding assurance did not come to light until the company went into Administration and auditors were sent in to evaluate the company.
