SEN tribunals and costs
Case reference FOI2022/00149
Published 14 February 2022
Request
My request relates to Special Education Needs (SEND) tribunals and costs, and is as follows: 1. Please provide a monthly breakdown of the number of appeals made by parents, guardians, or other authorities, against any SEND decisions made by the council concerning a child's EHCP, from January 2018 - January 2022 2. Please provide a monthly budget breakdown of all money spent on SEND tribunals, from January 2018 - January 2022. Please include any relevant or associated costs, for example solicitor costs, in-house solicitor time, associated costs such as SEND team costs including days spent, social care costs including days spent, health costs including days spent, total cost for SEND mediation services, and any additional costs associated with SEND tribunal such as printing and admin time 3. If possible, please break down the monthly costs as above or however best suits, but if a substantive response is not possible within the time frame, please just provide total/overall costs over this time period rather than breaking it down, to preclude the need of making a new request. If that is still not possible, please prioritize spending on barristers and solicitors, but keep the information consistent across the given time period.
Response
Please see the attached spreadsheet.
Please note Herefordshire Council do not hold the majority of the information requested. However, on the attached spreadsheet are the yearly costs relating to legal costs of barristers and solicitors, and separately of mediation costs.
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