How many Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA) therapy packages did Devon fund in 2022/23 and in 2021/22?
How much money did this cost in each of the financial years?
In response to questions 1 and 2, Devon County Council does not hold this level of data. This is because specific packages are not noted through our funding records. They may be noted in an individual Education Health Care Plans (EHCPs) as part of the package of support that is then funded as a whole package with one level of funding.
Compliance with this request would exceed the appropriate cost limit under Section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 which is £450 or 18 hours of officer time. This is because a manual search of each EHCP is required (in excess of 8,000), to locate and extract relevant information.
Under the Act, there is a duty to provide advice and assistance about how a request can be refined to fit within the appropriate limit. Unfortunately, due to the way the data is held, this is not possible for this request.