Education Health and Care Plan Appeals

Please can all of the following questions be broken down by academic year from 2014/15 to today

Devon County Council does not hold the information below, prior to 2018/2019 on a centralised records system. In order to collate that information, we would need to manually check every pupils record. This would exceed the appropriate costs limit under section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 which is £450 or 18 hours of officer time.

In the interests of providing advice and assistance, we are able to provide you with the information from 2018/2019 onwards.

1.Of those appeals submitted against education, health and care plans (ECHP), please can I have a breakdown of how many were pupil premium (PP) eligible vs non pupil premium eligible

**As of 15/12/2021

2. Of those appeals submitted against ECHP’s that continued to a tribunal, please provide a breakdown of how many were pupil premium eligible vs non pupil premium eligible re the children involved

3. Of the tribunal hearings that were in the parents’ / appellant’s favour, how many were PP vs non-PP of the children involved?

4. Of the tribunal hearings that were in the council’s favour, how many were PP vs non PP re the children involved?

Please note, an * denotes information that, if disclosed, would contravene the first data protection principle of the Data Protection Act 2018, by making the families involved in court proceedings identifiable. As such, S40(2) of the Freedom of Information Act (Personal Data) is applied and this information is exempt. 

5. Of any other outcomes (please state the outcome) how many were PP vs non PP?

Please note, an * denotes information that, if disclosed, would contravene the first data protection principle of the Data Protection Act 2018, by making the families involved identifiable. As such, S40(2) of the Freedom of Information Act (Personal Data) is applied and this information is exempt.