Question reference: S5W-26478
- Asked by: Mark McDonald, MSP for Aberdeen Donside, Independent
- Date lodged: 21 November 2019
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Current status: Answered by John Swinney on 28 November 2019
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many additional support needs tribunals have been held in each local authority area under the Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Act 2004 in each of the last five years, broken down by what percentage of appeals were upheld.
Answer
The Health and Education Chamber, the first-tier Tribunal for Scotland is an independent judicial body, consequently, the Scottish Government does not hold the information requested.
Annex D of the Annual Report of Scottish Tribunals sets out the information about Tribunal hearings for the period 2018-19 and is available from http://www.scotland-judiciary.org.uk/Upload/Documents/ScottishTribunalsAnnualReport201819.pdf .
Earlier information is available from the annual reports of The Additional Support Needs Tribunals for Scotland which are available from https://www.healthandeducationchamber.scot/additional-support-needs/publications/19 .