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Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal: Children in Care

Volume 487: debated on Monday 2 February 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many cases of looked-after children were considered by the Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal system in the last year for which figures are available. (251771)

I have been asked to reply.

The First-Tier Tribunal (Special Educational Needs and Disability), known as Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal (SENDIST) prior to 3 November 2008, does not retain any statistical information on how many appeals relate to looked-after children. This information could be provided only at a disproportionate cost.

The tribunal keeps data on the total number of appeals, the type of appeal, the category of the special educational need, the outcome of the appeal and the length of time to reach a decision.

In 2007-08, SENDIST received a total of 3,396 appeals.