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St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council

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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 — 2018

real, from FOI response

60%

20%

Resolved before hearing — 3 (60%) Contested, council lost — 0 (0%) Contested, council won — 1 (20%) Partially split — 1 (20%)

Cases defended = 7 (context only, not appeals_registered). Outcomes: 'found in favour of LA: 1' (contested_and_council_won=1), 'consent order: 3' (resolved_before_hearing=3, a negotiated/consent settlement), 'upheld in part: 1' (partially_split=1). Only 5 of 7 defended cases are accounted for by these three categories; the remaining 2 cases' outcomes are not stated in this response. No explicit 'lost'/'found against LA' figure given, so contested_and_council_lost is left null.

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Freedom of Information responses

First-tier Tribunal (Special Educational Needs and Disability)

Successful

Requested by Michael Gaffney on 2020-01-30 · answered 2020-02-14 · covers 2017, 2018, 2019

Cases defended (council clarified 'defended' = proceeded to a hearing): 2017: 6, 2018: 7, 2019: 7. Outcomes: 2017 - found in favour of LA: 0. 2018 - found in favour of LA: 1, consent order: 3, upheld in part: 1. 2019 - found in favour of LA: 1, consent order: 2, decision pending: 1. Legal costs: not disaggregated from staffing costs ('Our tribunals are managed and attended by local authority staff').

Caveat: Not all defended cases are accounted for in the outcome breakdown for 2018 (5 of 7) and 2019 (4 of 7); remaining cases' outcomes not stated in the portion captured.