Written question asked by Lord Pickles (Conservative) on Monday, 20 July 2026, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Monday, 3 August 2026. It was answered by Lord Lemos (Labour) on Friday, 24 July 2026 on behalf of the Ministry of Justice.

Special Educational Needs: Appeals

Question: To ask His Majesty's Government what proportion of appeals against education, health and care plan decisions were successful in each of the last five years.

Answer

Year	Decisions Heard	In Favour	Upheld	%age
2021	3662	3597	65	98.23
2022	4112	4041	71	98.27
2023	5696	5626	70	98.77
2024	8451	8383	68	99.20
2025	9942	9883	59	99.41

The data has been taken from the local management information system with financial year set as April to March. Although care is taken when processing and analysing the data, the details are subject to inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale case management system and is the best data that are available. For this reason, the appeals shown in the above table may not match published totals. Data does not include refusals to make a plan, as that is the step before deciding the content of a plan.

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Type: Written question
Reference: HL2346
Session: 2026-27
Subjects: Appeals Special educational needs
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.parliament.uk

Special Educational Needs: Appeals

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