Education, Health and Care Plans and Section 17 Assessments - Find a freedom of information request

1.Number of EHCP requests

The number of requests for EHCPs for Children and Young People aged 0-25 yrs, received in the months below and how many of these received a response within 6 weeks from the date the request was received.

2. Number of EHCP assessments

What is the number of assessments completed in the months below and of these how many were completed within the 20 week period.

3. Section 17

How many referrals were received in the months below for section 17 assessment for children with disabilities? Of these referrals, how many assessments were completed and how many were completed within 45 days from referral?

4. Short Breaks

How many short breaks have been provided during the timescales below: 0-25 yrs?

1.

Year & quarter	Months	Number of EHCP requests	Number of EHCP responded to within the 6 weeks timescale	Data Entry Errors, which may or may not have been responded to within 6 weeks
2019/20 Q1	April, May, June	375	330	34
2019/20 Q2	July, Aug, Sep	364	343	14
2019/20 Q3	Oct, Nov, Dec	440	407	11
2019/20 Q4	Jan-March	427	403	12
2020/21 Q1	April, May, Jun	291	277	8
2020/21 Q2	July, Aug, Sep	263	244	14
2020/21 Q3	Oct, Nov, Dec	273	256	16

2.

Year & quarter	Months	Number of EHCP assessments	Number of EHCP assessments completed within 20 weeks from request.
2019/20 Q1	April, May, June	277	247
2019/20 Q2	July, Aug, Sep	183	132
2019/20 Q3	Oct, Nov, Dec	139	22
2019/20 Q4	Jan, Feb, Mar	199	5
2020/21 Q1	April, May, Jun	502	101
2020/21 Q2	July, Aug, Sep	458	256
2020/21 Q3	Oct, Nov, Dec	211	191

NB. The period between Q3 2019/20 and Q2 2020/21 was extremely unusual for Lincolnshire. 20 week timescales are typically around 80 - 90% (currently 86%) but throughout the period identified there was a backlog of assessments due to limited availability of Educational Psychologists. This situation is now resolved.

3.

Year & quarter	Months	Number of referrals receivedfor section 17 assessments	How many assessment completed	How many assessments completed in 45 days from first referral
2019/20 Q1	April - Jun	56	52	50
2019/20 Q2	July - Sep	49	49	48
2019/20 Q3	Oct -Dec	48	48	48
2019/20 Q4	Jan -March	55	45	41
2020/21 Q1	April – Jun	41	41	39
2020/21 Q2	July – Sep	41	41	38
2020/21 Q3	Oct – Dec	38	34	34

4.

Year & quarter	Months	Total Number of CYP receiving short breaks1	Number of CYP receiving care or activities away at home	Number of CYP receiving day care away from home2 See also Care or activities away from home2	Number of CYP receiving overnight (short term) break away from home	Number of CYP receiving residential breaks (long term)3 See also Short term breaks3	Domiciliary care Packages4
2019/20 Q1	Apr-Jun	408	240	2	130		37
2019/20 Q2	July-Sep	609	256	2	313		39
2019/20 Q3	Oct - Dec	601	275	2	287		38
2019/20 Q4	Jan -March	517	259	2	204		53*
2020/21 Q1	April – Jun	470	212	2	219	1	37
2020/21 Q2	July – Sep	496	233	2	223		39
2020/21 Q3	Oct – Dec	500	235	2	208		56*

Notes

1 Total Number of CYP receiving short breaks: We do not record the data in the way it is being requested and therefore the total figures could include one C/YP accessing more than one option. As this data is not readily available, it would require more time than the 18 hours permitted for FOI completion to locate and collate. Please also note that the data only applies to 0-18 year olds. In addition, on average, there are 100 C/YP in receipt of direct payments, all of whom for which the support within their direct payment plan will provide some element of short break. These are not included in the total figures.

2 Number of C/YP receiving care or activities away from home and Number of C/YP receiving day care away from home: We report these as Targeted Positive Activities and we do not record whether these are for full or part days. They include Community Clubs, Youth Clubs and Holiday Clubs. Due to the way we asked the providers to report, the numbers reflect the number of C/YP registered to attend sessions. Some C/YP attend both Community Club and Youth Club sessions, so there may be some duplication in numbers.

3 Residential Breaks (long-term): C/YP do access longer-term residential breaks but these are usually still recorded in our data as overnight short breaks. Packages can be from 12 nights per year up to a maximum of 74 nights spread across the year and families can choose how they use these over the course of the year. Depending on the nature of their care plan, they will have either a section 17 status or section 20 short break status. We have combined the 2 figures to give the total number of C/YP accessing both overnight short breaks and longer-term breaks but we can split into Section 17 or Section 20, if needed. N.B. One of the C/YP detailed in this column also receives overnight stays.

4 Additional columns added: Domiciliary Care Packages: All domiciliary care packages for C/YP who have additional needs will have an element of short break within them. The C/YP may be accessing our commissioned services, in-house services, direct payments or overnight short breaks within their care package. We do not record the data on how these are broken down. *The total numbers also include Spot purchase domiciliary care/social inclusion packages for Children with Disabilities in each financial year: 17 in 2019/20 and 23 to date in 2020/21.

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03 February 2021

12 February 2021