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The number of appeals made in the last five years, against the decision of a local authority to refuse to issue of statement of special educational needs, are presented in the following table, broken down by local authority.
Local authority 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Total Barking and Dagenham 1 1 2 2 — 6 Barnet 1 2 — — — 3 Barnsley 2 2 — — — 4 Bath and NE Somerset — 1 — — 2 3 Bedfordshire 1 2 — — 1 4 Bexley — 2 6 11 13 32 Birmingham 2 2 6 1 5 16 Blackburn — — — 1 1 2 Bolton — — 1 — 2 3 Bournemouth 1 1 — 1 — 3 Bradford — — 1 — 1 2 Brent 1 1 — 1 1 4 Bridgend 1 — — — — 1 Brighton and Hove — — — 1 — 1 Bristol City 4 1 4 1 5 15 Bromley 3 1 — 9 7 20 Buckinghamshire 1 3 5 1 — 10 Calderdale — 6 5 4 1 16 Cambridgeshire — 1 — 3 1 5 Camden — 1 1 — — 2 Cheshire 3 4 2 6 8 23 Cornwall 12 7 6 1 2 28 Coventry 1 — — — — 1 Croydon 1 1 2 2 3 9 Cumbria 3 — 1 1 — 5 Darlington — 1 — — — 1 Derby City — 3 — 1 1 5 Derbyshire 3 2 2 4 — 11 Devon 2 1 3 1 3 10 Doncaster 1 1 — 2 8 12 Dorset 1 1 — 1 1 4 Dudley — 1 3 — — 4 Durham 9 11 5 7 6 38 Ealing 1 — 5 1 — 7 East Riding of Yorkshire — — 1 — 1 2 East Sussex 5 7 6 5 8 31 Enfield — — — 1 — 1 Essex 2 4 3 4 6 19 Gateshead 2 1 1 — — 4 Gloucestershire 1 — 1 2 4 8 Greenwich — 2 2 — 1 5 Gwynedd 1 — — — — 1 Hackney 2 2 2 3 — 9 Halton — — 1 — — 1 Hammersmith and Fulham — — — 1 — 1 Hampshire 2 9 3 9 3 26 Haringey 1 — — — 1 2 Harrow 2 — 1 — — 3 Havering — — — — 1 1 Herefordshire — 1 — 2 1 4 Hertfordshire 3 6 2 4 2 17 Hillingdon 1 — — 1 — 2 Hounslow — — 1 2 1 4 Isle of Wight 3 1 1 1 1 7 Islington — 1 — — 2 3 Kensington and Chelsea 2 1 2 — 1 6 Kent 8 11 13 12 6 50 Kingston upon Thames 1 — — — 2 3 Kingston-upon-Hull, City 4 1 — — — 5 Kirklees 1 1 1 1 — 4 Knowsley — — — 1 — 1 Lambeth 5 1 — 3 — 9 Lancashire 10 6 7 9 1 33 Leeds 2 2 4 1 — 9 Leicester City 3 2 1 3 4 13 Leicestershire 5 7 6 12 9 39 Lewisham — 5 1 3 5 14 Lincolnshire 2 2 1 6 4 15 Liverpool 5 3 1 3 8 20 Manchester — 2 2 2 — 6 Medway 3 3 1 2 — 9 Merton 2 — 2 — 5 9 Middlesbrough — 2 — 1 2 5 Milton Keynes 2 1 1 1 1 6 Neath Port Talbot 2 — — — — — Newcastle upon Tyne — — — 1 — 1 Newham 3 1 1 2 2 9 Norfolk 1 — 1 5 3 10 North East Lincolnshire 3 2 — 1 2 8 North Lincolnshire 4 2 3 3 — 12 North Somerset 2 2 2 3 1 10 North Tyneside 2 2 — 2 — 6 North Yorkshire 3 2 2 7 1 15 Northamptonshire 3 — 1 — 1 5 Northumberland — — 1 2 — 3 Nottingham City — — — 1 1 2 Nottinghamshire — — — 2 1 3 Oldham 2 — — 2 — 4 Oxfordshire — 1 — — — 1 Pembrokeshire 1 — — — — 1 Peterborough — — 2 — 2 4 Plymouth — — 1 1 2 4 Poole — — — 1 1 2 Portsmouth 1 4 1 1 — 7 Powys 2 — — — — 2 Reading — — — — 1 1 Redbridge — — — 1 — 1 Redcar and Cleveland 2 — — 1 1 4 Rhondda, Cynon, Taff 3 — — — — 3 Richmond upon Thames — 2 — — — 2 Rochdale — — — — 1 1 Rotherham — 2 — 1 3 6 Salford 4 1 2 1 1 9 Sandwell 3 3 3 2 — 11 Sefton — 1 1 — — 2 Sheffield 2 5 4 3 4 18 Shropshire 2 4 3 10 3 22 Slough — — 1 — 1 2 Solihull — — — — 1 1 Somerset 1 4 3 5 4 17 South Gloucestershire 2 2 1 1 — 6 South Tyneside — — 1 — — 1 Southampton — — — 4 — 4 Southend 2 1 2 — — 5 Southwark 2 5 5 2 1 15 Staffordshire 10 7 4 1 2 24 Stockport 1 — — 1 1 3 Stockton-on-Tees 1 — — — — 1 Stoke-on-Trent — 1 2 2 1 6 Suffolk 2 — 1 1 5 9 Sunderland 2 1 1 1 1 6 Surrey 1 9 3 2 14 29 Sutton — — — 1 — 1 Swindon — 1 — 2 — 3 Tameside — — 1 1 3 5 Telford and Wrekin 1 5 — 3 — 9 Thurrock — 1 1 2 2 6 Torbay — 7 1 — — 8 Tower Hamlets — — — — 2 2 Trafford 2 — 5 3 — 10 Wakefield 1 1 — 1 2 5 Walsall — 2 1 1 — 4 Waltham Forest 1 — 5 1 — 7 Wandsworth 1 5 — 1 — 7 Warrington — 1 — 2 — 3 Warwickshire 2 2 2 2 — 8 West Sussex 3 7 3 1 2 16 Westminster — 1 — 1 1 3 Wigan 4 3 3 4 1 15 Wiltshire 5 5 5 9 4 28 Windsor and Maidenhead 3 1 — — 1 5 Wirral 1 2 1 — — 4 Wokingham — 1 1 2 — 4 Wolverhampton 1 1 — — — 2 Worcestershire 1 1 — — 1 3 York City — 1 — — — 1 Total 230 256 209 268 233 1,194