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Special Educational Needs: Tribunals

Asked by Mr Luke ChartersLabourMinistry of JusticeTabled Answered 30 January 2025UIN 25884

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department has made an assessment of whether there are socio-economic disparities in the outcomes of special educational needs and disability tribunals.

Answered by Sarah Sackman

Information about appeal outcomes to the First-tier Tribunal for Special Educational Needs and Disability is published at: www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics.

This information includes outcomes of appeals, types of educational need and the age group of the child. The socio-economic status of appellants and the outcomes they achieve is not collected.

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