Question follow-through · 7461

Special Educational Needs: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many appeals against SEND decisions by people in each Greater London Borough were heard at tribunals in each of the last five years; and how many and what proportion of those cases were won by parents.

answeredMinistry of Justice

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Answering body
Ministry of Justice
Tabled
7 Oct 2024
Target answer date
9 Oct 2024
Answer
15 Oct 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 7 Oct 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many appeals against SEND decisions by people in each Greater London Borough were heard at tribunals in each of the last five years; and how many and what proportion of those cases were won by parents.

  2. 9 Oct 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 15 Oct 2024

    Answer published

    The information requested is not available for each individual Greater London Borough and could only be obtained with further data engineering work which would be disproportionate cost.Information about Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) appe...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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