EHCNA lapsed assessments
Dear Northumberland County Council,
Under Regulation 13(2) of the Special Educational Needs and Disability Regulations 2014 you are required to send out a copy of the finalised EHC plan as soon as practicable, but in any event, within 20 weeks of the local authority receiving the request for a EHC needs assessment.
Can you please provide the number of Educational Health Care Needs Assessments (EHCNA) that Northumberland County Council (NCC) has failed to finalise within 20 weeks of them receiving the request for the following time periods:
A. For the last full year, 1st January 2022 to 31 December 2022; how many EHCNA assessments have been finalised after the 20 weeks time scale?
B. For the last full year prior to the covid 19 pandemic, 1st January 2019 to 31 December 2019; how many EHCNA assessments have been finalised after the 20 weeks time scale?
For all of the above responses please exclude any applications where any of the exceptions contained in Regulation 10(4)(a) to (d) apply.
Yours faithfully,
Mr D Rogerson-Parkin
Our Ref: 12308
Dear Mr Rogerson-Parkin,
INFORMATION REQUEST - EHCNA Lapsed Assessments
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Northumberland County Council
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Northumberland
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Our Ref: 12308
Dear Enquirer,
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT REQUEST
I refer to your Freedom of Information request in relation to Educational
Health Care Needs Assessments.
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Q.1 Can you please provide the number of Educational Health Care Needs
Assessments (EHCNA) that Northumberland County Council (NCC) has failed to
finalise within 20 weeks of them receiving the request for the following
time periods:
Q.1a For the last full year, 1st January 2022 to 31 December 2022; how
many EHCNA assessments have been finalised after the 20 weeks time scale?
158
Q.1b For the last full year prior to the covid 19 pandemic, 1st January
2019 to 31 December 2019; how many EHCNA assessments have been finalised
after the 20 weeks time scale?
41
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Northumberland County Council
County Hall
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Northumberland
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