Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of a case being taken to the First-tier Special Educational Needs and Disability tribunal .

In the financial year 2017/18, the cost of the First Tier Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Tribunal (SENDIST) was £5,038,000. During that same period, 5,049 appeals lodged with the Tribunal, of which 1,492 appeals proceeded to hearing and 3,557 appeals did not. The average cost per appeal lodged is therefore £998.

Further details are published on page 6 of the document link provided:

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/766114/Tribunal_and_GRC_statistics_Q2_201819_revised2.pdf