Minister for Children and Families, Jenet Daby MP, is disappointed that Harrow’s children’s services have overall been judged to be inadequate by Ofsted early this year.
Now the Department for Education has issued an improvement notice to the council – a very serious step.
In her letter to the leader of Harrow council, made public by Gareth Thomas MP for Harrow West, she says:
Harrow Council spends a significant portion of its budget, two-thirds (66%) or £135 million out of £203 million, on supporting vulnerable adults and children, but the children’s services still needs an Improvement Advisor which normally is when the ability to improve is less sure.
The cabinet member for the children’s services, Cllr Hitesh Karia, being the executive, has the overall responsibility for this awful state of affairs.
Therefore, it would be professionally sound for the cabinet executive to resign.
Now the Department for Education has issued an improvement notice to the council – a very serious step.
In her letter to the leader of Harrow council, made public by Gareth Thomas MP for Harrow West, she says:
Harrow Council spends a significant portion of its budget, two-thirds (66%) or £135 million out of £203 million, on supporting vulnerable adults and children, but the children’s services still needs an Improvement Advisor which normally is when the ability to improve is less sure.The cabinet member for the children’s services, Cllr Hitesh Karia, being the executive, has the overall responsibility for this awful state of affairs.
Therefore, it would be professionally sound for the cabinet executive to resign.
Harrow Monitoring Group 
It is no surprise that Harrow Children Services are not up to the mark & that standards are abysmally low while incompetent Harrow Council staff consider that antisocial behaviour encouraged by irresponsible “parents” who let their children run loose & wild in the streets & pavements to disturb & scare Residents till late at night & the evening using , e-scooters , bicycles & rollerskates while also attempting to damage Council property (newly installed lamposts) is normal activity which it is not & against which strong action must be taken by Harrow Council against the perpetrators so that the pavements & streets are safe for use by the users without fear of being knocked down or run over! Enough tolerance of this sort of criminal behaviour!
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