I’m writing with a request for information on delayed Education Health and Care Plans.

1. Can you please tell me The number of EHCP applications and reviews the council processed for each year in 2021, 2022 and 2023, and the number in each year that took longer than 20 weeks to finalise.
a) Requests for assessments:
• 2021: 356
• 2022: 426
• 2023: 409
b) Number issued that took more than 20 weeks:
• 2021: 46
• 2022: 141
• 2023: 82
c) Annual reviews completed:
• 2021: 424
• 2022: 995
• 2023: 1072