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1. Step 1

   • Publication: Education, health and care plans

2. Step 2

   • Data set: 05 - Requests, assessments, discontinued plans, 20 week timeliness, mainstream to special transfers, mediation and tribunals

3. Step 3

   • National:
     • England

4. Step 4

   • Time period: 2015 to 2021

5. Step 5

   • Indicators:
     • EHC plans excluding exceptions
     • EHC plans excluding exceptions issued within 20 weeks
     • EHC plans including exceptions
     • EHC plans including exceptions issued within 20 weeks
     • Rate of EHC plans excluding exceptions issued within 20 weeks

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   This data is not from the latest release

   View latest data: Reporting year 2023

   '05 - Requests, assessments, discontinued plans, 20 week timeliness, mainstream to special transfers, mediation and tribunals' in England between 2015 and 2021

   	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
   EHC plans excluding exceptions issued within 20 weeks	11,675	18,140	23,805	27,111	29,895	31,446	34,249
   EHC plans excluding exceptions	19,712	30,942	36,702	45,145	49,519	54,175	57,196
   Rate of EHC plans excluding exceptions issued within 20 weeks	59.2%	58.6%	64.9%	60.1%	60.4%	58.0%	59.9%
   EHC plans including exceptions issued within 20 weeks	13,451	20,045	25,302	28,178	31,313	32,863	35,470
   EHC plans including exceptions	24,624	36,019	41,250	48,543	53,327	59,097	61,269
   Rate of EHC plans including exceptions issued within 20 weeks	54.6%	55.7%	61.3%	58.0%	58.7%	55.6%	57.9%

   Footnotes

   1. Figures for Dorset include exceptions for 2021.
   2. During part of 2020 the law on the time limit for EHC needs assessments and plans was changed to take account of the impacts of coronavirus (COVID-19).

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   • Release type:
   • Publication: Education, health and care plans, Reporting year 2023

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