Social Care Tribunals and Education Health and Care Plans - Find a freedom of information request

Request

I am writing to make an open government request for all the information to which I am entitled under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Please send me for the years 2014-2021 the following information:

1. Total Number of tribunals logged relating to SEND (special educational needs and disabilities)

2. Number of tribunals logged including a Health element

3.Number of tribunals logged including a social Care element

4.Number of tribunals cases resolved before the tribunal hearing

5. Number of tribunals ruling in favour of the LA

6. Number of mediations held

7. Number of Education Health Care assessments requested

8. Number of Education Health Care plans issued

9. Number of Education Health Care plans issued within 20 weeks

10.Number of Annual reviews completed

11.Number of amended plans issued following an annual review

12. Total number of active Education Health Care Plan's in the local area

13.Total amount spent on tribunals

14. FTE commissioned within the SENDIAS ( special Educational Needs and Disability Information, Advice and Support) service

Decision

1.414

 

2 -3. No info held on these elements for following years – pre -dates the 'National Trial'/Single Route of Redress:

  • 2014/15
  • 2015/16
  • 2016/17

Following combines info for both the above elements:

2017/18:

  • Health: 0
  • Social Care: 0
  • Both: 1

 

2018/19:

  • Health: 0
  • Social Care: 2
  • Both: 3

 

2019/20:

  • Health: 5
  • Social Care: 0
  • Both: 3

 

2020/21:

  • Health: 4
  • Social Care: 2
  • Both: 5

 

2021/22(to date):

  • Health: 2
  • Social Care: 0
  • Both: 1

 

 

4.

2014/15:

  • Conceded: 8
  • Withdrawn: 2
  • Consent Order: 3

 

2015/16:

  • Conceded: 20
  • Withdrawn: 10
  • Consent Order: 7

 

2016/17

  • Conceded: 21
  • Withdrawn: 8
  • Consent Order: 8

 

2017/18

  • Conceded: 22
  • Withdrawn: 4
  • Consent Order: 8

 

2018/19

  • Conceded: 15
  • Withdrawn: 9
  • Consent Order: 10

 

2019/20

  • Conceded: 15
  • Withdrawn: 11
  • Consent Order: 20

 

2020/21(some appeals still outstanding):

  • Conceded: 22
  • Withdrawn: 5
  • Consent Order: 19

 

2021/22 (to date):

No appeals yet resolved for this period

 

5.

14/15 – no info held

15/16 – (only partial info held) – 1

16/17 - 5

17/18 - 8

18/19 – 6

19/20 – 7

20/21 – 7 (some appeal still outstanding)

21/22 – no appeals for this period resolved

 

6. 472

 

7.-12.:

  2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Number of Education Health Care assessments requested     607 881 1028 1390 1075 815
Number of Education Health Care plans issued   222 586 478 707 757 1371 Tbc
Number of Education Health Care plans issued within 20 weeks   10 401 466 650 559 553 Tbc
Number of Annual reviews completed   19 1009 2997 4540 4683 4842 2537
Number of amended plans issued following an annual review           688 2605 2737
Total number of active Education Health Care Plan's in the local area (as at January)   9 1107 3001 4556 4654 5119 6263

 

 

13.

2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 (to date)
No data held £39,552.32 £86,445.67 £124,889.60 £61,007.86 £43,018.94 £72,585.93 £29,517.39

 

 

14. 6 FTE

 

Reference number
2616606
Date request received
22 October 2021
Date of decision
11 November 2021