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Written question asked by Michael Wheeler (Labour) on Friday, 21 February 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 6 March 2025 (named day). It was answered by Sarah Sackman (Labour) on Friday, 7 March 2025 on behalf of the Ministry of Justice.

Special Educational Needs: Appeals

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many parents or young people have taken (a) Salford and (b) Wigan to appeal at a tribunal against an Education, Care and Health Plan decision in each of the last five years; and what (i) number and (ii) proportion of those appeals were (A) determined in favour of the appellants, (B) determined in favour of the local authority, (C) withdrawn, (D) conceded before the hearing and (E) still awaiting a hearing.

Answer

Information about appeal outcomes to SEND is published at: Tribunals statistics quarterly: July to September 2024 - GOV.UK.

Appeal outcomes are not broken down by Local Authority in the published data as requested in this PQ. These data are provided for academic years September to August as follows:

Salford

2019-20

2020-21

2021-22

2022-23

2023-24

(A) Number and proportion of those appeals determined in favour of the appellants

6 43%

20 69%

41 62%

46 62%

54 58%

(B) Number and proportion of those appeals determined in favour of the local authority

2 14%

0 0%

2 3%

2 3%

1 1%

(C) Number and proportion of withdrawn appeals

2 14%

4 14%

9 14%

18 24%

7 8%

(D) Number and proportion of appeals conceded before the hearing

2 14%

5 17%

10 15%

2 3%

14 15%

(E) Number and proportion of appeals still awaiting a hearing

0 0%

0 0%

2 3%

2 3%

15 16%

Total number of appeals to the tribunal

14

29

66

74

93

Wigan

2019-20

2020-21

2021-22

2022-23

2023-24

(A) Number and proportion of those appeals determined in favour of the appellants

1 50%

5 28%

4 22%

10 50%

13 34%

(B) Number and proportion of those appeals determined in favour of the local authority

1 50%

1 6%

0 0%

1 5%

0 0%

(C) Number and proportion of withdrawn appeals

0 0%

3 17%

5 28%

4 20%

5 13%

(D) Number and proportion of appeals conceded before the hearing

0 0%

9 50%

9 50%

5 25%

15 39%

(E) Number and proportion of appeals still awaiting a hearing

0 0%

0 0%

0 0%

0 0%

5 13%

Total number of appeals to the tribunal

2

18

18

20

38

1 - In addition to the categories requested appeals can be struck out. This is included in the total number of appeals.

2 - (B) Is the total of cases where the appellant wins the majority of the appeal (i.e. the appellant may be successful in 2 out of the 3 sections they appeal against).

3 - The information provided has been extracted from local management information.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
32706
Session
2024-26
Subjects
Appeals Wigan Special educational needs Salford
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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