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Milton Keynes Council
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115
appeals registered, 2024 (official DfE figure)
223
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.
Estimated outcome breakdown
Estimated, not reported
Resolved before hearing — 162 (72.3%)
Contested, council lost — 41 (18.3%)
Contested, council won — 11 (4.9%)
Partially split — 10 (4.5%)
This council's own answer doesn't give a usable outcome breakdown. This estimate applies the pooled England-wide outcome rate (no regional sample was large enough to trust on its own) to this council's own real, officially-published appeal volume for 2025 (223 appeals) — see how estimates work.
Freedom of Information responses
Awaiting classification
Q1 SEND spend 1 Jan 2019 - 1 Oct 2024: GBP 284,673,396 (SEND, HNB and DAF/EYIG from EYB). Q2 legal costs: Tribunal Costs GBP 52,539; Mediation Costs GBP 131,799. Q3 Appeals Registered by year: 2019=32, 2020=50, 2021=43, 2022=88, 2023=79, 2024=94. Q4 'Of these appeal cases decided by tribunal, how many were in favour of the council?': 'Data is only held from 2022: 5 cases were dismissed. It is important to note that most appeal requests are either withdrawn or agreed upon by the consent of both parties. This can reflect a range of reasons that are not always about either party conceding, frequently it involves working together to resolve concerns and find a way forward, which can differ from the original positions of either party.'
Caveat: Council explicitly frames the low 'dismissed' count (5, covering 2022-2024 only) as not representative of overall outcomes, since most cases resolve by withdrawal/consent rather than a contested decision -- an important interpretive caveat for any published comparison. Fully extracted, inline, no attachment needed.