Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCPs) currently active from January 2024 - Find a freedom of information request

Please may you provide me with: 



1. The number of Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCPs) currently active within your local authority - as of the date of receiving this request

2. The number of new EHC Plans issued within the 2023 calendar year (1st January 2023-31st December 2023)

3. The number of initial requests for an EHC plan made to your authority in the 2023 calendar year

4. The number of EHC plans issued in 2023 within the 20 week timescale, excluding cases where exceptions apply.  

5. The number of decisions relating to EHC Plans that were appealed in the 2023 calendar year - and the outcomes of these appeals.

6. The number of EHCP related appeals for which an outcome was ultimately reached at a tribunal - and the outcomes of these appeals. Again, please provide this information only relating to the 2023 calendar year.

1. 7472.

2. 1127.

3. 1715.

4. 906.

5. 2023 - 120 appeals.

• Appeal Outcomes for 2023:

• Appeals concluded by Consent: 24

• Appeals Conceded by Local Authority (LA): 35

• Appeals withdrawn by parents: 15

• Appeals still outstanding: 30

• Appeals where decision in parent's favour: 12

• Appeals where decision in LA's favour: one

• Appeals where decision was split: two

• Appeal transferred to different LA: one

6. Number of appeals which went to a final hearing: 19.

Breakdown of hearing outcomes:

• Appeals where decision in parent's favour: 12

• Appeals where decision in LA's favour: one

• Appeals where decision was split: two

• Appeals concluded by consent: four