Please could you answer the following questions in relation to your Local Education Authority:-
1. How many children/young people within your Local Authority with an EHCP have no school or setting named in Section I of their Plan (as at Jan 25)?
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. There are over 10,000 Education Health and Care Plans (EHCPs), to check each plan and retrieve the information would take at least 1 minute per plan, which would be a total in excess of 160 hours and over the appropriate cost limit.
Under the Act, there is a duty to provide advice and assistance as to 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.
2. How many children/young people within your Local Authority with an EHCP are registered as being electively home educated (as at Jan 25)?
234
3. How many children/young people within your Local Authority with an EHCP are registered as EOTAS/EOTIS/EOTIC (Educated Otherwise Than In a School or College as per Section 61 of the Children & Families Act 2014) (as at Jan 25)
On 01/01/2025 there were 291 children with an EHCP registered as being in Education Other Than at School (EOTAS.)
4. How many children/young people within your Local Authority have been awarded and currently access Personal Budgets for Education (as at Jan 25)?
95
5. How many of the Personal Budgets for Education currently accessed have been provided as part of an Education Otherwise Than At/In School or College (EOTAS(C)/EOTIS(C)) provision described in their Education Health and Care Plan (as at Jan 25)?
75
6. How many of the Personal Budgets for Education currently accessed have been awarded to children/young people who are being Electively Home Educated (EHE) (as at Jan 25)?
9
7. How many of the Personal Budgets for Education currently being accessed are awarded in the form of Direct Payments to families (as at Jan 25)?
46
8. What is the total annual cost of Personal Budgets for Education within your Local Authority (as at Jan 25)?
£1,870,231
9. What is the total annual cost of Personal Budgets for Education allocated as Direct Payments to families within your Local Authority (as at Jan 25)?
£320,254