EHCP tribunal costs
Dear Bedford Borough Council,
Under the Freedom of Information Act, I kindly request the following information regarding Education Health Care Plans (EHCP).
1) How many young people with special educational needs in your local authority area had their ehcp assessment requests denied in 2014,2015,2016,2017,2018, 2019 jan-March
A) how many of these resulted in appeals which were upheld?
B) What was the cost to Bedford borough council for these appeals?
2) How many young people with special educational needs in your local authority area had new final ehcps issued in 2014,2015,2016,2017,2018, 2019 jan-March
A) how many of these resulted in appeals for section b and f
B) What was the cost to Bedford borough council for the appeals as per a?
C) how many of these resulted in appeals for section I which was upheld
D) what was the cost to Bedford borough council for the appeals as per c?
E) how many of these resulted in appeals for section b, f and I
F) what was the cost to Bedford borough council for the appeals as per e?
3) How many young people with special educational needs in your local authority area had annual reviews resulting in updated ehcps issued in 2014,2015,2016,2017,2018, 2019 jan-March
A) how many of these resulted in appeals for section b and f
B) What was the cost to Bedford borough council for the appeals as per a?
C) how many of these resulted in appeals for section I which was upheld
D) what was the cost to Bedford borough council for the appeals as per c?
E) how many of these resulted in appeals for section b, f and I
F) what was the cost to Bedford borough council for the appeals as per e?
4) how many total appeals lodged by parents with the send tribunal were cancelled before the final hearing date because the councils decision was over turned?
5) what was the cost to Bedford borough council in 2014,2015,2016,2017,2018 for private needs assessments (ot and slt) because the nhs were unable to assess?
Yours faithfully,
L Wharton
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Dear L Wharton
Request pursuant to Freedom of Information Act 2000 – Request No 14016
I refer to your recent enquiry for information held by the Council.
Under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act, the authority must
state whether or not the information exists and I confirm that we do hold
the information you requested.
Please find the information you requested enclosed.
You requested:
Under the Freedom of Information Act, I kindly request the following
information regarding Education Health Care Plans (EHCP).
1) How many young people with special educational needs in your local
authority area had their EHCP assessment requests denied in
2014,2015,2016,2017,2018, 2019 Jan-March
A) how many of these resulted in appeals which were upheld?
B) What was the cost to Bedford borough council for these appeals?
2) How many young people with special educational needs in your local
authority area had new final EHCPs issued in 2014,2015,2016,2017,2018,
2019 Jan-March
A) how many of these resulted in appeals for section b and f
B) What was the cost to Bedford borough council for the appeals as per a?
C) how many of these resulted in appeals for section I which was upheld
D) what was the cost to Bedford borough council for the appeals as per c?
E) how many of these resulted in appeals for section b, f and I
F) what was the cost to Bedford borough council for the appeals as per e?
3) How many young people with special educational needs in your local
authority area had annual reviews resulting in updated EHCPs issued in
2014,2015,2016,2017,2018, 2019 Jan-March.
A) how many of these resulted in appeals for section b and f
B) What was the cost to Bedford borough council for the appeals as per a?
C) how many of these resulted in appeals for section I which was upheld
D) what was the cost to Bedford borough council for the appeals as per c?
E) how many of these resulted in appeals for section b, f and I
F) what was the cost to Bedford borough council for the appeals as per e?
4) how many total appeals lodged by parents with the send tribunal were
cancelled before the final hearing date because the Councils decision was
over turned?
5) what was the cost to Bedford borough council in
2014,2015,2016,2017,2018 for private needs assessments (ot and slt)
because the NHS were unable to assess?
Response: Please see Excel Spreadsheet attached.
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Dear Daniela Hanson,
I think you need to check these figures
2.e - no appeals for b,f&i is not true. My appeal being one of them logged in 2018 and still ongoing
Also, can you confirm how many ehcp’s were requested each year too?
Yours sincerely,
Louise Wharton
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Dear Louise
Further to your email dated 13th June, I have been advised that the reason for the incorrect figures being shown, was due to the fact that when the Notification of the Tribunal was first received we logged it as per the notification, which was for sections B and F. As you then added appeal to Section I to your Tribunal after that, but as no new notification letter was received, the information did not get updated on our spreadsheet. The response has been amended to show this, see amended response attached.
I apologise for this and any confusion caused.
With regards to the final part of your email below, this has been logged as a new FOI14305 and the response will be due to you by 11th July.
Kind regards
Daniela Hanson
Freedom of Information Administrator (Children's Services)
Support Services
Children's Services
Bedford Borough Council, Borough Hall, Cauldwell Street, Bedford, MK42 9AP
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Dear Louise Wharton
Request pursuant to Freedom of Information Act 2000 – Request No 14305
I refer to your recent enquiry for information held by the Council.
Under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act, the authority must
state whether or not the information exists and I confirm that we do hold
the information you requested.
Please find the information you requested enclosed.
You requested:
Can you confirm how many EHCP’s were requested each year -
2014,2015,2016,2017,2018, 2019 Jan-March?
Answer:
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
(Sep-Dec) (Jan to
date)
Number of requests for EHC Needs 36 177 200 236 223 116
Assessment
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Yours sincerely
Daniela Hanson
Freedom of Information Administrator (Children's Services)
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Children's Services
Bedford Borough Council, Borough Hall, Cauldwell Street, Bedford, MK42 9AP
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