Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what data his Department holds the proportion of decisions on ECH plans assessments that were overturned at a tribunal in England for each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement.
An appeal to the First-tier Tribunal (Health, Education and Social Care Chamber) may contain an appeal against one or more Local Authority decisions and will, for statistical purposes, be classed as being in favour of the appellant if the appeal succeeds in full or in part.
The table below shows the number of appeals determined at hearing in each of the last three statistical years and of those the number and percentage of cases found in favour of the appellant.
Year | Number of appeals determined at hearing | Number of appeals in favour of the appellant | % |
2021/22 | 5600 | 5393 | 96% |
2020/21 | 4825 | 4651 | 93% |
2019/20 | 3770 | 3577 | 95% |