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Yorkshire and the Humber

appeals registered, 2024 (official DfE figure)

appeals registered, 2025 (official DfE figure)

Data available. At least one Freedom of Information response gives real, extractable figures on tribunal appeals or outcomes for this council.

Structured outcome breakdown

Structured breakdown — 2012-2017 (aggregate, "last 6 years" per request wording)

real, from FOI response

78.3%

13.3%

Resolved before hearing — 47 (78.3%) Contested, council lost — 5 (8.3%) Contested, council won — 8 (13.3%)

Aggregate reconciles exactly with the sum of the per-year 'settled' table below. This is the KNOWN Barnsley lodged-year/settled-year mismatch already documented for this project; not re-flagged as new.

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Freedom of Information responses

SENDIST Tribunals

Successful

Requested by Melanie (M Harland) on 2017-12-20 · answered 2018-01-29 · covers c.2012-2017 ("last 6 years" per the request wording; exact years not confirmed - see caveats)

FOIA1666, response dated 29 January 2018 covering the previous six years (2012-2017). Total appeals lodged with SEND Tribunal 2012-2017: 60; no appeals currently lodged/active as of the January 2018 response date. Of the 60: Appeals withdrawn by parent: 47; Appeals concluded at final hearing found in favour of the LA (i.e. won by BMBC): 8; Appeals concluded at final hearing found in favour of parents: 5. Tribunals lodged by year (year the appeal was lodged): 2012 - 1, 2013 - 12, 2014 - 23, 2015 - 10, 2016 - 10, 2017 - 4 (total 60). Tribunal outcome by year (year the case settled/concluded) - Appeal withdrawn / Appeal dismissed / Appeal upheld: 2012 - 0, 0, 0; 2013 - 8, 2, 2; 2014 - 12, 2, 0; 2015 - 13, 3, 1; 2016 - 9, 0, 2; 2017 - 5, 1, 0.

Caveat: Council explicitly notes the two tables use different year bases and are not directly row-comparable: 'lodged by year' reflects when the appeal was filed, while 'tribunal outcome by year' reflects the year the case settled, since cases can run for more than a year or cross calendar years — an appeal lodged in one year may be recorded as concluding in a later year's outcome table. LA officer time spent on tribunal casework is stated as 'not recorded or quantifiable in relation to any particular case,' so no cost-of-defence figure was given despite being requested.