1. How many new applications, initial requests, for an Educational Health and Care (ECH) plan were made to the local authority between :
1 April 2019 to 31st March 2020 – 1,852
1 April 2020 to 31st March 2021 – 1,586
1 April 2021 to 31st March 2022 – 1,880
1 April 2022 to 31st March 2023 – 2,137
1 April 2023 to 30th September 2024 (6 months) – 965
2. The number of new ECH plans issued by the local authority between:
1 April 2019 to 31st March 2020 – 1,380
1 April 2020 to 31st March 2021 – 1,245
1 April 2021 to 31st March 2022 – 1,023
1 April 2022 to 31st March 2023 – 972
1 April 2023 to 30th September 2024 (6 months) – 533
3. The amount of money spent by the local authority on implementing ECH plans between:
1 April 2019 to 31st March 2020
1 April 2020 to 31st March 2021
1 April 2021 to 31st March 2022
1 April 2022 to 31st March 2023
1 April 2023 to 30th September 2024 (6 months)
Devon County Council does not hold this information. This is because we do not identify a budget for implementing EHCPs, this forms part of the overall SEN budget.