Information Team Croydon
Digital Services
Assistant Chief Executive Directorate
Bernard Wetherill House
7th Floor, Zone B
Croydon
CR0 1EA

Contact: Information Team
[email address]

Dear Fraser Knight

Request FOI/11001

Further to your request received on 01/11/2024, I confirm that the Council
has now considered your request under the Freedom of Information Act
2000. For ease of reference, I will now address each of your questions in
turn.

Under the freedom of information act, I'd like to request the following
information:

Between 1st January 2019 and 1st October 2024 how much was spent by the
council on SEND (special educational needs and disabilities) provision?

Between 1st January 2019 and 1st October 2024 how much was spent by the
council on legal teams for cases dealing with SEND appeals?
 

Question 2019-20 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24
Special educational needs and
disabilities £61.086m £66.764m £73.279m £77.239m £82.474m
Legal teams for cases £0.108m £0.176m £0.190m £0.207m £0.218m

Between 1st January 2019 and 1st October 2024 how many SEND appeals were
received by the council?

The Council received 428 SEN Tribunal appeals between 01.01.2019 and
01.10.2024.

Of these appeal cases decided by tribunal, how many were in favour of the
council?

SEN Tribunal appeals do not always conclude with them going in one party’s
favour or the other. Very often there are some matters decided in favour
of the Appellant and some matters in favour of the Respondent local
authority.

There is not necessarily only one party whom the outcome favours. As that
is the case it is impossible to say which of the above appeals were
decided in favour of the Respondent local authority and which were decided
in favour of the Appellant.
 

The Council publishes Access to Information requests and responses on its
online Disclosure Log. (Any request included within this log will be
anonymised appropriately)

To view the Council’s Disclosure Log, please visit our website available
here:

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(disclosure-log.co.uk)

If you are dissatisfied with the way the Council has handled your request
under the Freedom of Information Act, you may ask for an internal review.
This should be submitted to us within 40 working days of this response.
You can do this by outlining the details of your complaint by:

Email:        [2][email address]

Writing:     Information Team

London Borough of Croydon

Bernard Weatherill House

Floor 7 - Zone B

8 Mint Walk

Croydon, CR0 1EA

Any requests received after the 40 working day time limit will be
considered only at the discretion of the council.

If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have
the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a
decision. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at:

Information Commissioner’s Office

Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire, SK9 5AF

Yours sincerely,

Information Team

Croydon Digital Services

Assistant Chief Executive Directorate

Bernard Wetherill House,

Mint Walk,

Croydon,

CR0 1EA

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