Data set from Education, health and care plans

05 - Requests, assessments, discontinued plans, 20 week timeliness, mainstream to special transfers, mediation and tribunals

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Published 12 May 2022

Last updated 12 May 2022

Data on the administration of statements and EHC plans, including; - requests for assessment - decisions to assess - decisions to issue - 20 week timeliness - mediation - transfers between school types - personal budgets and direct payments

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Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: Education, health and care plans
• Release: Reporting year 2022
• Number of rows: 1,295
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Assessments where it was decided not to issue a statement of SEN
  • Assessments where it was decided not to issue an EHC plan
  • Children and young people assessed for whom a plan was issued and those for whom one not issued
  • Children and young people assessed for whom an EHC plan was issued
  • Children and young people with a statement of SEN who transferred from mainstream to special settings
  • Children and young people with a statement of SEN who transferred from special to mainstream settings
  • Children and young people with a statement of SEN who were taken out of school by their parents to be home educated from mainstream settings
  • Children and young people with a statement of SEN who were taken out of school by their parents to be home educated from special settings
  • Children and young people with an EHC plan who transferred from mainstream to special settings
  • Children and young people with an EHC plan who transferred from special to mainstream settings
  • Children and young people with an EHC plan who were taken out of school by their parents to be home educated from mainstream settings
  • Children and young people with an EHC plan who were taken out of school by their parents to be home educated from special settings
  • Children and young people with statements who were assessed for an EHC plan and a decision not to issue an EHC plan made
  • Children and young people with statements who were issued with an EHC plan
  • EHC plan discontinued as special needs being met without an EHC plan
  • EHC plan discontinued as transferred to another LA
  • EHC plan discontinued because pupils have left school at the end of compulsory schooling or after
  • EHC plan discontinued for other reasons
  • EHC plans excluding exceptions
  • EHC plans excluding exceptions issued within 20 weeks
  • EHC plans including exceptions
  • EHC plans including exceptions issued within 20 weeks
  • Initial requests for an EHC plan
  • Initial requests for an EHC plan when detained in youth accomodation
  • Initial requests for assessment for a statement of SEN that were refused
  • Initial requests for assessment for an EHC plan that were refused
  • Mediation cases that have been held
  • Mediation cases that have been held which were followed by appeals to the Tribunal
  • Percentage of assessments during the calendar year where it was decided not to issue an EHC plan
  • Percentage of children and young people assessed for whom EHC plans were made for the first time during the calendar year
  • Percentage of initial requests for assessment for an EHC plan that were refused during the calendar year
  • Percentage of mediation cases held which were followed by appeals to tribunal
  • Personal budgets in place for all EHC plans
  • Personal budgets in place that have direct payment for an integrated payment
  • Personal budgets in place that have direct payment for education
  • Personal budgets in place that have direct payment for health
  • Personal budgets in place that have direct payment for social care
  • Personal budgets in place that have organised arrangements
  • Rate of EHC plans excluding exceptions issued within 20 weeks
  • Rate of EHC plans including exceptions issued within 20 weeks
  • Statement of SEN discontinued as special needs being met without an EHC plan
  • Statement of SEN discontinued as transferred to another LA
  • Statement of SEN discontinued because pupils have left school at the end of compulsory schooling or after
  • Statement of SEN discontinued for other reasons
  • Statements excluding exceptions
  • Statements excluding exceptions issued within 26 weeks
  • Statements including exceptions
  • Statements including exceptions issued within 26 weeks
  • Still being assessed or where assessment has been completed but no decision taken for a statement of SEN at the calendar year end
  • Still being assessed or where assessment has been completed but no decision taken for an EHC plan at the calendar year end
• Time period: 2014 to 2021

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	region_code	region_name	old_la_code	new_la_code	la_name	NewallEHC	NewallEHC_pc	NewallEHC_AssnoneEHC_sum	AssnoneEHC	AssnoneEHC_pc	AssnodecisionEHC	AssRefusedEHC	AssRefusedEHC_pc	Assnone	Assnodecision	AssRefused	Mtosi	Sitom	MtoPar	SitoPar	Dislea	Dismet	Disoth	Disleft	MtosiEHC	SitomEHC	MtoParEHC	SitoParEHC	DisleaEHC	DismetEHC	DisothEHC	DisleftEHC	InreqEHC	InreqryaEHC	TotIncExcEHC	IncExc20weekEHC	IncExc20weekRate	TotNoExcEHC	NoExc20weekEHC	NoExc20weekRate	TotIncExc	IncExc26week	TotNoExc	NoExc26week	StatementstoEHC	StatementstoNoEHC	PersonalBudgets	OrgArrangements	DirectPayEducation	DirectPaySocialCare	DirectPayHealth	DirectPayIntegrated	NewEHCMediation	NewEHCTribunal	NewEHCTribunal_pc
2021	Calendar year	National	E92000001	England						62180	94.0938	66083	3903	5.90621	22654	20830	22.3254	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	9318	2838	638	226	7249	428	1091	12778	93302	20	61269	35470	57.900000000000	57196	34249	59.900000000000	z	z	z	z	z	z	25259	2958	2186	19659	548	1235	5097	1302	25.5444
2021	Calendar year	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East				2929	95.5628	3065	136	4.43719	990	749	17.4959	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	602	146	24	11	212	24	20	785	4281	0	2904	1855	63.900000000000	2481	1781	71.800000000000	z	z	z	z	z	z	1586	291	95	1224	106	100	277	98	35.3791
2021	Calendar year	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West				9049	95.514	9474	425	4.48596	2511	2303	17.9992	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	1421	353	54	26	865	59	82	1692	12795	2	8987	5842	65.000000000000	8388	5580	66.500000000000	z	z	z	z	z	z	5079	435	334	4267	64	53	550	104	18.9091
2021	Calendar year	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and The Humber				5568	93.9588	5926	358	6.04117	1846	1863	22.5818	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	1012	308	60	25	543	30	38	1356	8250	4	5398	3502	64.900000000000	5322	3491	65.600000000000	z	z	z	z	z	z	1602	192	151	1223	102	68	815	221	27.1166
2021	Calendar year	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000004	East Midlands				4252	90.4104	4703	451	9.58962	1933	1611	22.9356	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	608	92	37	20	606	44	106	797	7024	4	4170	2190	52.500000000000	3890	2080	53.500000000000	z	z	z	z	z	z	1583	323	90	1132	16	104	454	75	16.5198

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Variables in this data set

Table showing all 50 variables

Variable name	Variable description
Assnodecision	Still being assessed or where assessment has been completed but no decision taken for a statement of SEN at the calendar year end
AssnodecisionEHC	Still being assessed or where assessment has been completed but no decision taken for an EHC plan at the calendar year end
Assnone	Assessments where it was decided not to issue a statement of SEN
AssnoneEHC	Assessments where it was decided not to issue an EHC plan
AssnoneEHC_pc	Percentage of assessments during the calendar year where it was decided not to issue an EHC plan
AssRefused	Initial requests for assessment for a statement of SEN that were refused
AssRefusedEHC	Initial requests for assessment for an EHC plan that were refused
AssRefusedEHC_pc	Percentage of initial requests for assessment for an EHC plan that were refused during the calendar year
DirectPayEducation	Personal budgets in place that have direct payment for education
DirectPayHealth	Personal budgets in place that have direct payment for health
DirectPayIntegrated	Personal budgets in place that have direct payment for an integrated payment
DirectPaySocialCare	Personal budgets in place that have direct payment for social care
Dislea	Statement of SEN discontinued as transferred to another LA
DisleaEHC	EHC plan discontinued as transferred to another LA
Disleft	Statement of SEN discontinued because pupils have left school at the end of compulsory schooling or after
DisleftEHC	EHC plan discontinued because pupils have left school at the end of compulsory schooling or after
Dismet	Statement of SEN discontinued as special needs being met without an EHC plan
DismetEHC	EHC plan discontinued as special needs being met without an EHC plan
Disoth	Statement of SEN discontinued for other reasons
DisothEHC	EHC plan discontinued for other reasons
IncExc20weekEHC	EHC plans including exceptions issued within 20 weeks
IncExc20weekRate	Rate of EHC plans including exceptions issued within 20 weeks
IncExc26week	Statements including exceptions issued within 26 weeks
InreqEHC	Initial requests for an EHC plan
InreqryaEHC	Initial requests for an EHC plan when detained in youth accomodation
MtoPar	Children and young people with a statement of SEN who were taken out of school by their parents to be home educated from mainstream settings
MtoParEHC	Children and young people with an EHC plan who were taken out of school by their parents to be home educated from mainstream settings
Mtosi	Children and young people with a statement of SEN who transferred from mainstream to special settings
MtosiEHC	Children and young people with an EHC plan who transferred from mainstream to special settings
NewallEHC	Children and young people assessed for whom an EHC plan was issued
NewallEHC_AssnoneEHC_sum	Children and young people assessed for whom a plan was issued and those for whom one not issued
NewallEHC_pc	Percentage of children and young people assessed for whom EHC plans were made for the first time during the calendar year
NewEHCMediation	Mediation cases that have been held
NewEHCTribunal	Mediation cases that have been held which were followed by appeals to the Tribunal
NewEHCTribunal_pc	Percentage of mediation cases held which were followed by appeals to tribunal
NoExc20weekEHC	EHC plans excluding exceptions issued within 20 weeks
NoExc20weekRate	Rate of EHC plans excluding exceptions issued within 20 weeks
NoExc26week	Statements excluding exceptions issued within 26 weeks
OrgArrangements	Personal budgets in place that have organised arrangements
PersonalBudgets	Personal budgets in place for all EHC plans
Sitom	Children and young people with a statement of SEN who transferred from special to mainstream settings
SitomEHC	Children and young people with an EHC plan who transferred from special to mainstream settings
SitoPar	Children and young people with a statement of SEN who were taken out of school by their parents to be home educated from special settings
SitoParEHC	Children and young people with an EHC plan who were taken out of school by their parents to be home educated from special settings
StatementstoEHC	Children and young people with statements who were issued with an EHC plan
StatementstoNoEHC	Children and young people with statements who were assessed for an EHC plan and a decision not to issue an EHC plan made
TotIncExc	Statements including exceptions
TotIncExcEHC	EHC plans including exceptions
TotNoExc	Statements excluding exceptions
TotNoExcEHC	EHC plans excluding exceptions

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Footnotes

1. Figures for assessments still in progress correspond to the end of the calendar year, for example, the 2021 figure corresponds to those assessments still in progress at 31st December 2021
2. St. Helens notified the department of an error post-publication in 2022. The number of initial requests for assessment for an EHC plan that were refused was reported as zero, but should have been 107.
3. During part of 2020 the law on the time limit for EHC needs assessments and plans was changed to take account of the impacts of coronavirus (COVID-19).
4. Medway notified the department of an error post-publication in 2022. Assessments in the local authority where it was decided not to issue an EHC plan during the 2021 calendar year should have been 16 (5.0%, published = 223, 42.4%). The resulting total of children and young people assessed for whom a plan was issued and those for whom one not issued should have been 319 (published = 526) and the percentage of children and young people assessed in the local authority for whom EHC plans were made for the first time during 2021 should have been 95.0% (published = 57.6%).
5. Figures for Dorset include exceptions for 2021.

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