Special Educational Needs: Tribunals

(asked on 29th January 2020) - View Source

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.


Answered by
Chris Philp Portrait
Chris Philp
Minister of State (Home Office)
This question was answered on 7th February 2020

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.

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