Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) shortest and (b) longest wait for an appointment to be heard at a Special Education Needs Tribunal was in each of the last three years.
The table below shows the (a) shortest wait and (b) longest wait.
Year | (a) shortest wait | (b) longest wait ¹ |
2018/19 | 29 days | 552 days |
2017/18 | 21 days | 771 days |
2016/17 ² | 24 days | 1,014 days³ |
¹ The Tribunal lists all cases at approximately 12 - 14 weeks from the date of registration of the appeal into the Tribunal.
² Years are broken down into school years from 1 September to 31 August the following year.
³ This figure is the result of a Permission to Appeal being lodged. When this happens, timescales continue to tick and this until the appeal is resolved and this is reflected in the higher than usual waiting time.