Data set from Education, health and care plans

Timeliness - education, health and care plans issued within the statutory 20 week timeframe

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Published 26 June 2025

Last updated 26 June 2025

The number of plans issued and whether the issue of those plans met the statutory timeframe, both with, and without, exceptions applying. 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: 12,211
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Number of EHC plans issued including exeptions (denominator)
  • Number of EHC plans issued excluding exeptions (denominator)
  • EHC plans issued within 20 weeks including exceptions
• Filters:
  • Characteristics of child or young person with EHC plan
• 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	plans_issued_den	plans_issued_den_ex	plans_issued_within_20_weeks	plans_issued_20_weeks_ex	pc_plans_issued_within_20_weeks	PC_plans_issued_20_weeks_ex	plans_issued_gt20weeks_ltYear	plans_issued_gt20weeks_ltYear_ex	pc_plans_issued_gt20weeks_ltYear	PC_plans_issued_gt20weeks_ltYear_ex	plans_issued_gt_1_year	plans_issued_gt_1_year_ex	pc_plans_issued_gt_1_year	PC_plans_issued_gt_1_year_ex
2019	Calendar year	National	E92000001	England						All EHC plans issued	All EHC plans issued	53327	49519	31313	29895	58.7	60.4	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
2019	Calendar year	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East				All EHC plans issued	All EHC plans issued	2624	2469	1765	1723	67.3	69.8	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
2019	Calendar year	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West				All EHC plans issued	All EHC plans issued	7742	6973	4564	4191	59	60.1	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
2019	Calendar year	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and The Humber				All EHC plans issued	All EHC plans issued	4615	4386	3282	3161	71.1	72.1	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
2019	Calendar year	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000004	East Midlands				All EHC plans issued	All EHC plans issued	3634	3422	2464	2358	67.8	68.9	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 15 variables

Variable name	Variable description
breakdown	Characteristics of child or young person with EHC plan - Characteristics of child or young person for whom EHC plan issued
PC_plans_issued_20_weeks_ex	EHC plans issued within 20 weeks excluding exceptions - %
pc_plans_issued_gt_1_year	EHC plans issued after 52 weeks including exceptions - %
PC_plans_issued_gt_1_year_ex	EHC plans issued after 52 weeks excluding exceptions - %
pc_plans_issued_gt20weeks_ltYear	EHC plans issued between 20 and 52 weeks including exceptions- %

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Footnotes

1. For the 2024 calendar year, Dorset and City of London have classed all new plans as having permitted exceptions to the 20 week statutory timeframe. 

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