First-tier Tribunal (Special Educational Needs and Disability)

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Dear Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council,

I would like to know:

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

Yours faithfully,

Michael Gaffney

Freedom Of Information Requests, Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council

Dear Mr Gaffney,

 

Freedom of Information Request

Unique Reference No: FOI 9748

 

Thank you for your email received 29 January 2020 requesting information
under the Freedom of Information Act.  I understand your request to be as
follows:

 

·         The number of cases Tameside 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 Tameside Local
Education Authority won, for each of those years

 

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

 

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Dear Mr Gaffney,

 

Request for Information – Freedom of Information

Unique Reference FOI 9748

 

Please find attached response in relation to your Freedom of Information
Request.

 

Kind regards,

 

On behalf of Charlotte Finch

 

 

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