First-tier Tribunal (Special Educational Needs and Disability)

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Dear Bury Metropolitan Borough Council,

I would like to know:

· The number of cases Bury Local Education Authority has defended in the First-tier Tribunal (Special Educational Needs and Disability) in 2019, 2018 and 2017
· The number of cases at the Tribunal which Bury Local Education Authority won, for each of those years
· The amount of money spent by Bury Local Education Authority on legal costs for defending cases at the Tribunal, for each of those years

Yours faithfully,

Michael Gaffney

Customer Contact Team, Bury Metropolitan Borough Council

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Dear Mr Gaffney
 
Request for Information - Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA)
 
Further to your recent request for information under the Freedom of
Information Act received on 29.01.2020, I am able to supply the following
information on behalf of Bury Council.
 

+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|   | Q1 No defended in the SEND | Q2 No of cases upheld/partially |
| | Tribunal | upheld/dismissed /struck out |
|------+----------------------------+------------------------------------|
| 2017 | 5 | 4 upheld 1 partially upheld |
|------+----------------------------+------------------------------------|
| 2018 | 5 | 2 upheld  1 partially upheld 1 |
| | | dismissed 1 struck out |
|------+----------------------------+------------------------------------|
| 2019 | 6 | 1 dismissed 5 awaiting hearing or |
| | | outcome |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+

 
 
I would like to know:
 
·         The number of cases Bury Local Education Authority has defended
in the First-tier Tribunal (Special Educational Needs and Disability) in
2019, 2018 and 2017
 
See table above
 
·         The number of cases at the Tribunal which Bury Local Education
Authority won, for each of those years
 
See table above
 
·         The amount of money spent by Bury Local Education Authority on
legal costs for defending cases at the Tribunal, for each of those years
 
Q3       2017 -  x 2 appeals £9200
2018 - x 2 appeals £6100
2019 x 1 appeal  £4500
 
 
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Yours sincerely
 
Sally
 
Sally Lever | Business Support Manager - Information | Strategy and
Commissioning | Children, Young People & Culture | Bury Council | 3
Knowsley Place | Duke Street | Bury | BL9 0EJ
0161 253 6014
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Codd, Lewis, Bury Metropolitan Borough Council

Dear Mr Gaffney

 

Request for Information - Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA)

 

Further to your recent request for information under the Freedom of
Information Act received on 29.01.2020, I am able to supply the following
information on behalf of Bury Council.

 

+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|  |Q1 No defended in the SEND|Q2 No of cases upheld/partially |
| |Tribunal |upheld/dismissed /struck out |
|----+--------------------------+----------------------------------------|
|2017|5 |4 upheld 1 partially upheld |
|----+--------------------------+----------------------------------------|
|2018|5 |2 upheld  1 partially upheld 1 dismissed|
| | |1 struck out |
|----+--------------------------+----------------------------------------|
|2019|6 |1 dismissed 5 awaiting hearing or |
| | |outcome |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+

 

 

I would like to know:

 

·         The number of cases Bury Local Education Authority has defended
in the First-tier Tribunal (Special Educational Needs and Disability) in
2019, 2018 and 2017

 

See table above

 

·         The number of cases at the Tribunal which Bury Local Education
Authority won, for each of those years

 

See table above

 

·         The amount of money spent by Bury Local Education Authority on
legal costs for defending cases at the Tribunal, for each of those years

 

Q3          2017 -  x 2 appeals £9200

2018 - x 2 appeals £6100

2019 x 1 appeal  £4500

 

 

Please note: The supply of information in response to a Freedom of
Information request does not confer an automatic right to re-use the
information.  Under UK copyright law you can use any information supplied
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Licence.  For more information about this please see:-

 

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permission from a third party, please go to Intellectual Property Office’s
website at [2]www.ipo.gov.uk

 

For transparency purposes, it is now the Council's policy to advise on the
costs of dealing with each Freedom of Information request.  Please note
that to deal with this request it has cost the Council £25.00

 

Should you have any queries regarding this, please contact me on the
number below.

 

Yours sincerely

 

Lewis Codd

Apprentice Administration Officer (Information) Strategy & Commissioning |
Department for Children and Young People Bury Council | 18/20 St Mary’s
Place | Bury | BL9 0DZ

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