Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information her Department holds on the number of education, health and care plan tribunals that were lost by Surrey County Council in each year from 2019 to 2024 to date.

Information about appeals to the First-Tier Tribunal for Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) is published at: www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics.

The table below sets out the number of appeals to the SEND Tribunal against decisions made by Surrey County Council about education, health and care plans for the period 2020(1) to 2023 (the latest period for which data have been published) which were overturned(2) at Tribunal.

1 - Data on appeals in 2019 are not available due to HMCTS Record and Retention policy requirements that data is deleted after three years from the conclusion of the appeal and six months if the appeal is withdrawn for SEND Tribunals. The full policy on Record and Retention can be found at: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/62b47cfcd3bf7f0af821efef/health-education-social-care-chamber-rrds.pdf.

2 - The Tribunal reports a successful appeal if majority of appeals is found in favour of the parent or young person.