- Request
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Please could you provide the following for the years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 to date (if possible, please provide the figure for the calendar year end):
1. How many children held an Education and health care plan (EHC)?
2. How many EHCs were finalised within the 20-week deadline?
3. What was the longest time taken to finalise an EHC?
4. How many cases involving an EHC have gone to tribunal, and of these how many have been won by the council?
Please could you include refusals to complete an EHC assessment and refusal to issue a plan.
Also, if you are able to include all tribunal appeals lodged and then a breakdown of the number that progressed to a final hearing that would be great.
- Decision
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1.
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023 (YTD)
How many children held an EHC.
This information is taken from the SEN” data in the start of January of each year e.g. 2019 is taken from the SEN2 data at the start of January 2020.
5119
6236
6534
6958
7259
2.
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023 (YTD)
How many EHCs were finalised within the 20-week deadline
553
563
566
739
579
3.
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023 (YTD)
What was the longest time taken to finalise an EHC.
Please note timescales stated as weeks.
55
72
31
46
28
4.
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023 (YTD)
No. of Appeals involving EHC plans
37
53
50
49
With an additional 7 appeals remain outstanding
23
With an additional 35 appeals remain outstanding
No. of appeals which proceeded to Tribunal final hearing
7
23:
x 22 live hearings
x 1 hearing papers only
11:
x 10 live hearings
x 1 hearing papers only
14
4
No. of final hearings concluded by consent
1
10
5
6
1
No of final hearings decided in LA's favour
2:
x 2 Decisions partially in LA's favour
9:
x 8 Decisions wholly in LA's favour
x 1 Decision partially in LA's favour
4
1
0 to date.
1 decision remains outstanding from Tribunal
- Reference number
- 7582953
- Date request received
- 29 August 2023
- Date of decision
- 21 September 2023