Hässelby-Vällingby City District Committee in the City of Stockholms is severely criticised for shortcomings in the processing of two judgements in cases related to the Act on Support and Service for Persons with Certain Functional Impairments

Summary of the decision: A person appealed against two different decisions by a municipal committee concerning personal assistance pursuant to the Act (1993:387) on Support and Service for Persons with Certain Functional Impairments. In both cases, the court referred the matter back to the committee for further processing. In one case, the committee remained passive for almost a year. In the other, it took almost five months for the board to process the court’s judgment.

In his decision, the Parliamentary Ombudsman states that the processing of the cases has been characterised by significant and serious shortcomings, and that the committee is deserving of severe criticism for its deficient processing of the two judgements.

In the decision, the Parliamentary Ombudsman also summarises his supervision, as well as some of his statements and observations, regarding the Act on Support and Service for Persons with Certain Functional Impairments.