Disclosure Log

Message from Nottinghamshire County Council - 17 October 2024

Dear ***** *****,

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 – REQUEST FOR INFORMATION REFERENCE FOI/4877

Thank you for your request for information relating to EHCPs.

We are now able to provide the following information:

Unfortunately we are not able to respond to Questions 1a; 2a; 3a; 4a.  This information is not recorded on our electronic systems and would required a manual search of each individual EHCPs which would take over the time period allowed under FOI, please see below for exemption applied.

Q1.        Between 1 October 2023 and 31st March 2024 how many/ what % of new EHCPs were finalised within 20 weeks of the initial request to assess
Answer               483 new EHCPs (excluding exceptions) were issued.  154 of these were issued within 20 weeks or 31.9%
Q2.        Between 1st April 2024 and 30 September 2024, what % of EHCPs were finalised within 20 weeks of the initial request to assess
Answer               701 new EHCPs (excluding exceptions) were issued.  256 of these were issued within 20 weeks or 36.5%

Q3.        Between 1 October 2023 and 31st March 2024 how many/ what % of reviewed EHCPs were finalised within 12 weeks of the review meeting
Answer               1252 were completed in timescale or 45.5% of those due
Q4.        Between 1st April 2024 and 30 September 2024, how many/ what % of reviewed EHCPs were finalised within 12 weeks of the review meeting
Answer               895 were completed in timescale or 49.2% of those due.

 

We trust this now satisfies your request and that you find this information to be helpful, however if you are unhappy with the way in which your request has been handled, then please email us at [email protected] quoting the reference FOI/4877 and we will be happy to review your request

For future reference, Nottinghamshire County Council regularly publishes previous FOI requests and answers on its website, under Disclosure logs, that may provide details relating to your query. (see link) Your privacy: we use your personal information such as name and address so that we can comply with our legal obligations to respond to FOI requests.  For further details about the use of information about you, please see the information handling privacy notice on our website at https://www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/media/4323566/informationgovernanceandinformationrightsprivacynotice.pdf

If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have the right to ask for an internal review.   Requests should be submitted within 40 working days of the date of receipt of the response to your original request and should be addressed to: Complaints and Information Team, Nottinghamshire County Council, County Hall, Loughborough Road, West Bridgford, NOTTINGHAM, NG2 7QP or [email protected].

Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future communications.

If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision.  The Information Commissioner can be contacted at: Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, WILMSLOW, SK9 5AF or  

I confirm that the authority holds information falling within the description specified in your request. However, we estimate that the cost of complying with your request would exceed the appropriate limit. The appropriate limit has been specified in regulations and for local authorities it is set at £450. This represents the estimated cost of one person spending 2 1/2 working days in determining whether the Department holds the information, and locating, retrieving and extracting the information. Under section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act the Department is not obliged to comply with your request and we will not be processing your request further.

Having applied an absolute exemption I am not required to consider the balance of public interest for and against disclosure.