Special Educational Needs: Lincolnshire
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children in Lincolnshire were waiting for an Education, Health and Care plan as of October 2025.
Answered by Georgia Gould
The latest published figures that show the number of children and young people with an education, health and care (EHC) plan as at January 2025 are available here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/4ed35aab-4605-47d4-0c1d-08de07233b94. Figures are published as at January each year. Information for January 2026 will be published in summer 2026.
The department does not hold information on the number of children waiting for an EHC plan.
The number of requests for an EHC needs assessment which were outstanding at the end of the 2024 calendar year in Lincolnshire local authority is available here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/e64ee712-b7aa-4ff8-f961-08de0724494a.
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