Asked by: Michael Wheeler (Labour - Worsley and Eccles)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many parents or young people have taken (a) Salford and (b) Wigan to appeal at a tribunal against an Education, Care and Health Plan decision in each of the last five years; and what (i) number and (ii) proportion of those appeals were (A) determined in favour of the appellants, (B) determined in favour of the local authority, (C) withdrawn, (D) conceded before the hearing and (E) still awaiting a hearing.
Answered by Sarah Sackman - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
Information about appeal outcomes to SEND is published at: Tribunals statistics quarterly: July to September 2024 - GOV.UK.
Appeal outcomes are not broken down by Local Authority in the published data as requested in this PQ. These data are provided for academic years September to August as follows:
Salford | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 |
(A) Number and proportion of those appeals determined in favour of the appellants | 6 43% | 20 69% | 41 62% | 46 62% | 54 58% |
(B) Number and proportion of those appeals determined in favour of the local authority | 2 14% | 0 0% | 2 3% | 2 3% | 1 1% |
(C) Number and proportion of withdrawn appeals | 2 14% | 4 14% | 9 14% | 18 24% | 7 8% |
(D) Number and proportion of appeals conceded before the hearing | 2 14% | 5 17% | 10 15% | 2 3% | 14 15% |
(E) Number and proportion of appeals still awaiting a hearing | 0 0% | 0 0% | 2 3% | 2 3% | 15 16% |
Total number of appeals to the tribunal | 14 | 29 | 66 | 74 | 93 |
Wigan | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 |
(A) Number and proportion of those appeals determined in favour of the appellants | 1 50% | 5 28% | 4 22% | 10 50% | 13 34% |
(B) Number and proportion of those appeals determined in favour of the local authority | 1 50% | 1 6% | 0 0% | 1 5% | 0 0% |
(C) Number and proportion of withdrawn appeals | 0 0% | 3 17% | 5 28% | 4 20% | 5 13% |
(D) Number and proportion of appeals conceded before the hearing | 0 0% | 9 50% | 9 50% | 5 25% | 15 39% |
(E) Number and proportion of appeals still awaiting a hearing | 0 0% | 0 0% | 0 0% | 0 0% | 5 13% |
Total number of appeals to the tribunal | 2 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 38 |
1 - In addition to the categories requested appeals can be struck out. This is included in the total number of appeals.
2 - (B) Is the total of cases where the appellant wins the majority of the appeal (i.e. the appellant may be successful in 2 out of the 3 sections they appeal against).
3 - The information provided has been extracted from local management information.
Asked by: Michael Wheeler (Labour - Worsley and Eccles)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average processing time was for applications to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme by people resident in (a) Salford and (b) Wigan in each of the last five years.
Answered by Alex Davies-Jones - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)
The majority of cases are decided within 12 months, although some more complicated cases can take significantly longer.
The table below shows the average time for decisions to be made on applications* for criminal injuries compensation by people resident in Salford**.
Decision date | Average time to first decision |
2020 | 447 days |
2021 | 546 days |
2022 | 504 days |
2023 | 391 days |
2024 | 473 days |
The table below shows the average time for decisions to be made on applications* for criminal injuries compensation by people resident in Wigan**.
Decision date | Average time to first decision |
2020 | 332 days |
2021 | 400 days |
2022 | 329 days |
2023 | 325 days |
2024 | 390 days |
*The tables do not include archived bereavement applications because the address of the applicant is not retained. In most cases, applications are archived three years after the case has been closed.
**The above tables include all awards where the applicant named Wigan or Salford as the town in their home address in their application.
Asked by: Michael Wheeler (Labour - Worsley and Eccles)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme (a) how many people received awards and (b) what the value of those awards were in (i) Salford and (ii) Wigan in each of the last five years.
Answered by Alex Davies-Jones - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)
The table below provides the number of compensation awards paid in each of the last five calendar years to applicants living in Salford, and the value of those awards.
Salford
Calendar Year | Number of awards paid | Total value of those awards |
2020 | 35 | £194,060 |
2021 | 18 | £108,830 |
2022 | 42 | £332,287 |
2023 | 33 | £565,719 |
2024 | 41 | £296,010 |
The table below provides the number of compensation awards paid in each of the last five calendar years to applicants living in Wigan, and the value of those awards.
Wigan
Calendar Year | Number of awards paid | Total value of those awards |
2020 | 81 | £604,141 |
2021 | 51 | £440,578 |
2022 | 53 | £459,049 |
2023 | 68 | £833,057 |
2024 | 65 | £1,105,245 |
*The tables do not include archived bereavement applications because the address of the applicant is not retained. In most cases, applications are archived three years after the case has been closed.
**The above tables include all awards where the applicant named Wigan or Salford as the town in their home address in their application.