Data set from Education, health and care plans

Number of requests for an EHC needs assessment, and the request outcomes

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Published 26 June 2025

Last updated 26 June 2025

The number of requests for an EHC needs assessment carried out each year. Figures are shown by the outcome of the request, if a mediation or a tribunal occurred, and if the process met the statutory timeframe. Data is shown on a calendar year basis.

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Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: Education, health and care plans
• Release: Reporting year 2025
• Number of rows: 13,169
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Total requests for an EHC needs assessment
  • Requests where child in relevant youth accommodation
  • Number of requests where LA decided to proceed with an assessment
• Filters:
  • Characteristics of child or young person for whom EHC needs assessment requested
• Time period: 2019 to 2024

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	region_code	region_name	new_la_code	old_la_code	la_name	breakdown_topic	breakdown	requests_received_in_year	requests_rya	requests_decided_to_assess	requests_decided_not_to_assess	requests_decision_not_made	requests_withdrawn	request_assess_pc	request_not_assess_pc	request_outstanding_pc	request_withdrawn_pc	request_outcome_six_weeks	request_outcome_over_6_weeks	request_outcome_six_weeks_pc	request_outcome_over_6_weeks_pc	mediation_related_request	tribunal_related_request	tribunal_after_mediation_request
2019	Calendar year	National	E92000001	England						All requests for EHC needs assessments	All requests for EHC needs assessments	82329	16	x	18755	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
2019	Calendar year	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East				All requests for EHC needs assessments	All requests for EHC needs assessments	4033	3	x	1110	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
2019	Calendar year	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West				All requests for EHC needs assessments	All requests for EHC needs assessments	10942	0	x	2214	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
2019	Calendar year	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and The Humber				All requests for EHC needs assessments	All requests for EHC needs assessments	7239	2	x	1556	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
2019	Calendar year	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000004	East Midlands				All requests for EHC needs assessments	All requests for EHC needs assessments	6356	2	x	1023	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 18 variables

Variable name	Variable description
breakdown	Characteristics of child or young person for whom EHC needs assessment requested - Filter by characteristics of child or young person for whom EHC needs assessment requested
mediation_related_request	Number of requests subject to mediation
request_assess_pc	Percentage of requests where LA decided to proceed with an assessment
request_not_assess_pc	Percentage of requests where LA decided not to proceed with an assessment
request_outcome_over_6_weeks	Number of requests where decision made after 6 weeks

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Footnotes

1. Age on the date the request for the EHC needs assessment was received.

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