Special Educational Needs: Appeals
(asked on 14th June 2023) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many appeals to the First -Tier Tribunal for Special Educational Needs and Disability against decisions by (a) Dorset and (b) Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council on special educational needs (i) were decided in each of the last six months for which data is available and (ii) are awaiting a hearing; and what is the (A) average time and (B) maximum time between an appeal being made and heard.
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 by (a) Dorset and (b) Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council for the period 1 December 2022 to 14 June 2023 (the latest period for which data are available):
| Dorset (a) | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (b) |
Dec 2022 | 6 | 0 |
Jan 2023 | 5 | 1 |
Feb 2023 | 0 | 0 |
Mar 2023 | 5 | 2 |
Apr 2023 | 7 | 0 |
May 2023 | 4 | 5 |
Jun 2023 (up to 14/06/23) | 3 | 2 |
The table below sets out the number of SEND appeals as at 14 June 2003 (the latest period for which data are available) for (a) Dorset and (b) Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council (ii) awaiting a hearing; and (A) the average time and (B) the maximum time between an appeal being made and heard as at the same date.
| Dorset (a) | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (b) |
Number of appeals awaiting a hearing (ii) | 38 live appeals | 15 live appeals |
Average time between an appeal being made and heard (A) | 26 weeks | 28 weeks |
Maximum time between an appeal being made and heard (B) | 65 weeks | 43 weeks |