UK Education, Health & Care Plan Timeliness Statistics

Government Digital Service data on the percentage of final Education, Health & Care Plans issued within statutory time limits, including exceptions. The dataset's definition changed in September 2014. It is provided in CSV format under an OGL-UK-3.0 license.

Use Cases

• Monitor local authority performance against statutory deadlines based on reported percentages.
• Analyze trends in plan issuance timeliness before and after the September 2014 definition change.
• Benchmark compliance rates across different regions or time periods.

Strengths

• Data originates from the authoritative Government Digital Service.
• The dataset is structured for analysis, provided in CSV format.
• The license (OGL-UK-3.0) permits reuse and analysis.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service

Collection Method

Likely administrative reporting from UK local authorities.

Time Range

Temporal coverage is unknown, but data definition changed in September 2014.

Freshness

Last updated date is unknown.

Geography

Likely covers the United Kingdom.