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