Education, health and care plans
Children and young people in England with an education, health and care plan (EHCP), including annual local authority activity on EHCP requests and assessment.
- Release type
- Produced by
- Department for Education
- Published
- Last updated
Get help by contacting us
If you have a specific enquiry about Education, health and care plans statistics and data:
School Census Statistics team
Email: sen.statistics@education.gov.ukContact name: Special Educational Needs statistics lead
Press office
If you have a media enquiry:
Telephone: 020 7783 8300
Public enquiries
If you have a general enquiry about the Department for Education (DfE) or education:
Phone: 0370 000 2288
Opening times
Monday to Friday from 9.30am to 5.30pm (closed on bank holidays)
Accredited official statistics
These accredited official statistics have been independently reviewed by the Office for Statistics Regulation (opens in new tab) (OSR). They comply with the standards of trustworthiness, quality and value in the Code of Practice for Statistics (opens in new tab). Accredited official statistics are called National Statistics in the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 (opens in new tab).
Accreditation signifies their compliance with the authority's Code of Practice for Statistics (opens in new tab) which broadly means these statistics are:
- managed impartially and objectively in the public interest
- meet identified user needs
- produced according to sound methods
- well explained and readily accessible
Our statistical practice is regulated by the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR).
OSR sets the standards of trustworthiness, quality and value in the Code of Practice for Statistics (opens in new tab) that all producers of official statistics should adhere to.
You are welcome to contact us directly with any comments about how we meet these standards. Alternatively, you can contact OSR by emailing regulation@statistics.gov.uk or via the OSR website (opens in new tab).
Pre-release access list
Besides Department for Education (DfE) professional and production staff, the following post holders were given pre-release access up to 24 hours before release.
Secretary of State for Education
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Children and Families
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the School System
Permanent Secretary
Deputy Permanent Secretary
Special Adviser x3
Media officer x2
SEN and Disability Professional Adviser, SEND Improvement and Intervention
Deputy Director, SEND Improvement and Intervention
G7, SEND Improvement and Intervention (Regional Improvement Lead)
G6, SEND Systems Unit
G6, SEND Policy and Strategy
G7, SEND Policy and Strategy
Deputy Director, SEND Policy and Strategy
Deputy Director, SEND Review Implementation
G7, Head of SEND Analysis, Families Analysis Division
SEO Analyst, Families Analysis Division
HEO Analyst, Families Analysis Division x2