1. EHC needs assessments
1a. What was the total number of education, health and care (EHC) needs assessments carried out by your local authority between 1st January 2021 and 31st December 2021?
1,409 assessments.
1b. How many education, health and care (EHC) needs assessments were approved by your local authority between 1st January 2021 and 31st December 2021?
982 drafts were issued in that year (assessments approved). Not all will be completed in the calendar year as it is a 16 week assessment period.
1c. How many EHC needs assessments were rejected by your local authority between 1st January 2021 and 31st December 2021?
46 EHC needs assessments did not result in an EHCP.
1d. How many EHC needs assessment decisions were appealed between 1st January 2021 and 31st December 2021?
27.
2. Decision to provide EHC needs assessment
2a. How many EHC needs assessments breached the statutory wait time in your local authority between 1st January 2021 and 31st December 2021?
532.
2b. Provide a breakdown for the wait between the initial EHC needs assessment and the draft EHCP in your local authority between January 2021 and 31st December 2021.
Please see this spreadsheet for a breakdown of the waiting times.
3. Appeals
3a. How many EHC needs assessment decisions in your local authority were appealed successfully at a SEND tribunal between 1st January 2021 and 31st December 2021?
8
3b. How many decisions relating to EHCPs in your local authority were appealed successfully at a SEND tribunal between 1st January 2021 and 31st December 2021?
18.
3c. How many actions of Judicial Review have been brought against your local authority in relation to EHCPs and/or EHC needs assessments between 1st January 2021 and 31st
December 2021?
To provide this information may identify the children with an EHCP. This would risk a disclosure of their personal information and would be a breach of the first data protection principle. This information is therefore exempt from disclosure pursuant to Section 40(2) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.