Exceptional Action Assessment for a Record of Need (FOI)

​​​Request

​A

What percentage of children who are due to receive an exceptional action assessment for a Record of Need (RoN), receive an assessment within 20 weeks?

B

What is the equivalent percentage for the past three years?

C

How many children who are currently due to receive this assessment have been waiting for one for 20 weeks or longer?

D

How many requests for an assessment were there in the past three years (broken down by year). 

E

For each of these years, what percentage of requests for an assessment did the Education Department approve?

Please break the figures down by year where appropriate. 

Response

A

During 2023/2024 33% (21 completed) of children received an exceptional action assessment for a Record of Need (RoN) within 20 weeks. 

B

Below is the equivalent data for the previous three years. 

• ​2022/23 12% (130 completed) 
• 2021/22   8% (75 completed) 
• 2020/21 14% (74 completed)

C

A total of 10 out of 76 children (13%) who are due to receive an assessment are outside of the 20-week period. 

D

Below is the total number of requests for an assessment in the past three years. 

• 2023/24 127 
• 2022/23 146
  
• 2021/22   92
• 2020/21   84

E

Below is the percentage of approved RoN requests by the Education Department.

• 2023/24 76%
• 2022/23 89%
  
• 2021/22 82%
• 2020/21 88%​