SEND tribunals

1. How much has your local authority spent appealing special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) tribunals over the last five years (2017 – 2022)? Please give your answer on a year-on-year basis.

2017: £0

2018: £0

2019: £1,589

2020: £0

2021: £2,183

2022: £0

2. How many SEND tribunals has your local authority appealed over the last five years (2017 – 2022)? Please give your answer on a year on year basis.

2017: 0

2018: 0

2019: 1

2020: 0

2021: 1

2022: 0

3. What percentage of appeals against SEND tribunal decisions lodged by the Council were successful for each of the past five years? Please give your answer on a year on year basis.

2017: No appeals

2018: No appeals

2019: No appeals – The tribunal in 2019 did not go ahead as the issue was resolved outside of the Upper Tier Tribunal (UTT)

2020: No appeals

2021: 100%

2022: No appeals