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Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council
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48
appeals registered, 2024 (official DfE figure)
83
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 — 2018
real, from FOI response
Resolved before hearing — 0 (0%)
Contested, council lost — 0 (0%)
Contested, council won — 0 (0%)
Partially split — 1 (100%)
1 case defended; outcome recorded by council only as 'parts' (interpreted as a partially upheld/split outcome, though the council did not further clarify the term) -- mapped to partially_split=1 rather than a clean win or loss.
Freedom of Information responses
Awaiting classification
'3. Between 1st January 2019 and 1st October 2024 how many SEND appeals were received by the council? 108. Of these appeal cases decided by tribunal, how many were in favour of the council? 4.' Legal team spend for SEND appeals: £0.
Caveat: Answer to Q1 (SEND provision spend) was left blank/not given in the text response (may have been in the linked image attachment). Part of a nationwide batch sent to 339 authorities.
Cases defended in First-tier Tribunal: 2019 - 2, 2018 - 1, 2017 - 1. Cases won by the LA: 2019 - 1, 2018 - 'parts', 2017 - 'parts'. Legal costs: 2019 - £0, 2018 - £0, 2017 - £0.
Caveat: 'Parts' appears to mean partially upheld/won but the council did not further clarify the term.