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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:
     • Assessments where it was decided not to issue an EHC plan
     • Children and young people assessed for whom a plan was issued and those for whom one not issued
     • Children and young people assessed for whom an EHC plan was issued
     • Percentage of assessments during the calendar year where it was decided not to issue an EHC plan
     • Percentage of children and young people assessed for whom EHC plans were made for the first time during the calendar year

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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
   Children and young people assessed for whom an EHC plan was issued	24,654	36,094	42,162	48,907	53,899	60,097	62,180
   Percentage of children and young people assessed for whom EHC plans were made for the first time during the calendar year	96.1%	95.6%	93.3%	94.8%	94.1%	95.1%	94.1%
   Assessments where it was decided not to issue an EHC plan	1,010	1,657	3,043	2,687	3,368	3,122	3,903
   Percentage of assessments during the calendar year where it was decided not to issue an EHC plan	3.9%	4.4%	6.7%	5.2%	5.9%	4.9%	5.9%
   Children and young people assessed for whom a plan was issued and those for whom one not issued	25,664	37,751	45,205	51,594	57,267	63,219	66,083

   Footnotes

   1. Medway notified the department of an error post-publication in 2022. Assessments in the local authority where it was decided not to issue an EHC plan during the 2021 calendar year should have been 16 (5.0%, published = 223, 42.4%). The resulting total of children and young people assessed for whom a plan was issued and those for whom one not issued should have been 319 (published = 526) and the percentage of children and young people assessed in the local authority for whom EHC plans were made for the first time during 2021 should have been 95.0% (published = 57.6%).

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

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