Dear Sir / Madam

I am pleased to acknowledge your request for information, which has been
allocated the reference number NELC/30078/2324.

Your request has been passed to the relevant department and you can expect
your response within the 20 working day limit. If it will take us longer
than 20 working days to respond to you, we will inform you of this and
provide you with the expected date for receiving a response.

Further information about how we will deal with your Freedom of
Information requests is available on our website at:

[1]https://www.nelincs.gov.uk/your-council/...

Please feel free to contact me if you require any further information or
assistance quoting the reference number above.

Yours sincerely

North East Lincolnshire Council

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Dear Sir / Madam

Thank you for your information request reference NELC/30078/2324. Under
Section 1 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I wish to confirm that
North East Lincolnshire Council holds information relating to your
request.

We have estimated, that the time required for the activities needed to
locate, retrieve and extract the information you have requested would
exceed the appropriate limit of £450 (18 hours).

For each record we will need to locate the file and there is a minimum of
255.

We have estimated it would take approximately 20 minutes per scheme to
find the information, equating to approximately 80 hours or a cost of
£2000 based on an hourly rate of £25 per hour.

Under section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, a public
authority is not obliged to comply with a request where the estimated cost
of doing so would exceed the appropriate limit. The Council’s Access to
Information Policy clearly sets out our responsibilities and how charging
is applied, is available on our website at:
[1]https://www.nelincs.gov.uk/your-council/...

We will therefore not be complying with your request, at this time by
virtue of section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act, as to do so would
exceed the appropriate limit of £450.

As a Council we are committed to the Freedom of Information Act and are
happy to support where ever possible any request for information we
receive. We would like to offer you our advice and assistance to refine
your request, so the appropriate limit will not be exceeded and the
information can be provided free of charge. 

If you are able to refine your request by removing questions 5 and 6 we
should be able to provide you with the rest of the information within the
appropriate time limit of 18 hours.

Please contact us if you wish to discuss refining your request further.

If you believe that your request for information has not been handled in
accordance with the Freedom of Information Act, you have the right to
request an internal review by the Council. If you wish to request an
internal review, please write to us detailing the reasons why. Please be
clear about which elements of the Council’s response or handling of the
request you are unhappy with, and would like the Council to address during
the internal review process.  If following this you are still dissatisfied
you may contact the Office of the Information Commissioner.

Yours sincerely

North East Lincolnshire Council

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Dear Sir / Madam

Thank you for your information request, reference number NELC/30078/2324.
I can confirm that North East Lincolnshire Council holds the following
information:

 1. How many children have an EHCP?

Children aged 5-10 - 625 Children aged 11-16 – 648

 2. How many children identified as autistic do not have an EHCP?

North East Lincolnshire Council do not hold this information.

 3. How many of these EHCPs identify ASD, ASC or Autism as a need or
diagnosis?

Children aged 5-10 - 129 Children aged 11-16 - 126

 4. For the EHCPs that have Autism (ASD/ASC) identified, what is the type
of educational setting they attend (type of school named in Section
I).

Mainstream - (This can be academy, Free or LA maintained) 88

Grammar School 2

Private Independent Mainstream (NOT special) 0

Specialist Resource Base/Provision or SEN unit - If so, what is the
primary area of need 1

Special School (Academy, Free, LA maintained) 127

Independent Special School (maintained or non-maintained) 24

Pupil Referral Unit (PRU) 0

Alternative Provision 0

Educated Otherwise than At School (EOTAS) - Section I is blank or states
EOTAS 6

Electively Home Educated (EHE) 5

No placement available 2

Other 0

Don't know 0

7. Does your LA use the term 'Pathological Demand Avoidance' or 'PDA' or
'autism with a demand avoidant profile' in EHCPs if provided in a
professional report?

Yes

8. If these terms in question 7 are not used, what is the reason for this?

N/A

If you believe that your request for information has not been handled in
accordance with the Freedom of Information Act, you have the right to
request an internal review by the Council. If you wish to request an
internal review, please write to us detailing the reasons why. Please be
clear about which elements of the Council’s response or handling of the
request you are unhappy with, and would like the Council to address during
the internal review process. If following this you are still dissatisfied
you may contact the Office of the Information Commissioner.

Yours sincerely

North East Lincolnshire Council

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Dear Sir / Madam

Thank you for your further correspondence in relation to information
request reference number NELC/30078/2324.

Your further correspondence has been passed to the relevant department and
you can expect your response within the 20 working day limit. If it will
take us longer than 20 working days to respond to you, we will inform you
of this and provide you with the expected date for receiving a response.

Further information about how we will deal with your information request
is available on our website at:

[1]https://www.nelincs.gov.uk/your-council/...

If you have any queries or require further assistance, please contact us.

Yours sincerely,

North East Lincolnshire Council

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Dear Sir / Madam

Thank you for your follow up information request, reference number
NELC/30078/2324 which requested:

4. For the EHCPs that have Autism (ASD/ASC) identified, what is the type
of educational setting they attend (type of school named in Section I).-
Please can you breakdown your response to question 4 by Primary and
Secondary please as the response you have given, shown below, combines
these age groups and the original request was for this to be broken down

I can confirm that North East Lincolnshire Council holds the following
information:

Mainstream - (This can be academy, Free or LA maintained) Primary 57
Secondary 31

Grammar School Primary 0 Secondary 2

Private Independent Mainstream (NOT special) 0

Specialist Resource Base/Provision or SEN unit - If so, what is the 
primary area of need Primary 1 Secondary 0

Special School (Academy, Free, LA maintained) Primary 64 Secondary 63

Independent Special School (maintained or non-maintained) Primary 1
Secondary 23

Pupil Referral Unit (PRU) 0

Alternative Provision 0

Educated Otherwise than At School (EOTAS) - Section I is blank or states 
EOTAS Primary 1 Secondary 5

Electively Home Educated (EHE) Primary 2 Secondary 3

No placement available Primary 0 Secondary 2

Other 0

Don't know 0

If you believe that your request for information has not been handled in
accordance with the Freedom of Information Act, you have the right to
request an internal review by the Council. If you wish to request an
internal review, please write to us detailing the reasons why. Please be
clear about which elements of the Council’s response or handling of the
request you are unhappy with, and would like the Council to address during
the internal review process.  If following this you are still dissatisfied
you may contact the Office of the Information Commissioner.

Yours sincerely

North East Lincolnshire Council

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