Question follow-through · 14552
Special Educational Needs: Appeals
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for each of the last seven years, how many SEND7 request for change applications have been submitted to the SEND tribunal; how many of these applications have resulted in a new, sooner appeal date; and what was t
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 30 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 8 Jul 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
30 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for each of the last seven years, how many SEND7 request for change applications have been submitted to the SEND tribunal; how many of these applications have resulted in a new, sooner appeal date; and what was t
2 Jul 2026
Target answer date
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8 Jul 2026
Answer published
Data on the average waiting time between appeal lodgement and first hearing, and between appeal lodgement and final disposal, for Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) appeals is not routinely recorded by the Tribunal. Consequently, the average ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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