New EHC plans and those issued within 20 weeks by council, England

New education, health and care plans each of England's 153 councils with education duties issued in the calendar year, and those issued within 20 weeks, excluding and including exceptions, with the regions and England, from the DfE.

England

95,411

2025 · Plans issued, excluding exceptions

Verified against source, 31 October 2026, 11:20 UTC

New EHC plans and those issued within 20 weeks by council, England

Source: Department for Education. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Data table

162 rows

Area	Plans issued, excluding exceptions	Within 20 weeks, excluding exceptions	Plans issued, including exceptions	Within 20 weeks, including exceptions
Hampshire E10000014	3,322	1,727	3,323	1,727
Lancashire E10000017	2,909	278	2,921	285
Suffolk E10000029	2,619	432	2,639	436
Hertfordshire E10000015	2,401	1,449	2,631	1,580
Essex E10000012	2,256	454	2,420	454
Leicestershire E10000018	2,187	445	2,187	445
Leeds E08000035	1,843	134	1,843	134
Surrey E10000030	1,842	1,649	1,948	1,650
Kent E10000016	1,756	999	1,758	999
West Sussex E10000032	1,653	257	1,653	257
Worcestershire E10000034	1,548	1,024	1,565	1,034
Derbyshire E10000007	1,431	71	1,472	71
Oxfordshire E10000025	1,411	533	1,411	533
Birmingham E08000025	1,408	523	1,543	523
Bradford E08000032	1,382	1,196	1,385	1,196
Wirral E08000015	1,322	109	1,328	111
Warwickshire E10000031	1,285	293	1,285	293
Gloucestershire E10000013	1,274	349	1,274	349
Liverpool E08000012	1,264	1,230	1,269	1,231
Staffordshire E10000028	1,211	298	1,322	302
West Northamptonshire E06000062	1,174	93	1,307	99
North Yorkshire E10000023 the former county's code	1,142	865	1,144	865
Lincolnshire E10000019	1,133	984	1,133	984
Sheffield E08000019 its area before 1 April 2025	1,124	312	1,124	312
Manchester E08000003	1,115	827	1,524	831
Croydon E09000008	1,038	635	1,038	635
Nottinghamshire E10000024	1,038	335	1,038	335
Medway E06000035	1,034	221	1,121	228
Devon E10000008	974	50	974	50
Bristol, City of E06000023	952	65	957	65
Sandwell E08000028	884	263	1,024	269
North Northamptonshire E06000061	855	483	974	533
Cornwall E06000052	829	283	829	283
Newham E09000025	807	254	807	254
Cheshire East E06000049	724	173	797	173
Plymouth E06000026	719	73	719	73
Buckinghamshire E10000002 the former county's code	696	54	696	54
Cambridgeshire E10000003	685	50	693	50
County Durham E06000047	684	531	715	532
Tower Hamlets E09000030	683	314	703	314
Enfield E09000010	679	456	708	462
Cheshire West and Chester E06000050	670	148	670	148
Ealing E09000009	661	345	693	345
Redbridge E09000026	645	180	653	180
Wigan E08000010	644	141	662	145
Tameside E08000008	631	191	707	195
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole E06000058	613	423	656	460
Wiltshire E06000054	610	376	690	416
Barnet E09000003	600	600	635	635
Sefton E08000014	581	249	581	249
Coventry E08000026	559	210	604	235
Southend-on-Sea E06000033	558	262	577	271
Northumberland E06000057	554	451	561	454
Waltham Forest E09000031	549	141	571	154
Nottingham E06000018	546	165	546	165
Bolton E08000001	537	462	538	462
Stockport E08000007	535	97	538	97
Rotherham E08000018	524	416	549	440
Bromley E09000006	523	373	738	403
Portsmouth E06000044	513	220	513	220
Kingston upon Hull, City of E06000010	511	191	609	192
Stoke-on-Trent E06000021	511	300	532	300
Dorset E06000059	510	399	510	399
Slough E06000039	509	155	509	155
Somerset E10000027 the former county's code	486	31	486	31
Newcastle upon Tyne E08000021	481	105	547	106
Greenwich E09000011	477	149	565	185
Derby E06000015	466	245	519	245
Calderdale E08000033	457	430	459	430
Bexley E09000004	457	301	476	301
Merton E09000024	451	431	491	441
Central Bedfordshire E06000056	437	246	529	246
St. Helens E08000013	431	257	436	257
Trafford E08000009	430	204	430	204
Barnsley E08000016 its area before 1 April 2025	428	422	452	445
Southwark E09000028	425	182	425	182
Thurrock E06000034	421	149	481	159
Wakefield E08000036	419	336	424	338
Hounslow E09000018	416	243	433	253
Havering E09000016	413	132	413	132
Harrow E09000015	407	359	427	374
Hackney E09000012	405	133	420	133
Peterborough E06000031	403	266	460	267
Luton E06000032	399	116	506	151
Swindon E06000030	398	47	398	47
North Somerset E06000024	397	381	493	448
Brighton and Hove E06000043	397	228	411	228
Brent E09000005	396	276	441	301
Wandsworth E09000032	392	392	392	392
Lambeth E09000022	387	345	421	371
Herefordshire, County of E06000019	379	216	388	217
Shropshire E06000051	379	45	402	46
Doncaster E08000017	379	318	381	318
Kirklees E08000034	376	236	402	236
Rochdale E08000005	375	185	410	185
Bath and North East Somerset E06000022	374	124	384	124
Salford E08000006	370	203	569	266
North Lincolnshire E06000013	368	259	368	259
Hillingdon E09000017	362	281	368	281
Dudley E08000027	359	90	424	95
Warrington E06000007	356	262	360	264
East Riding of Yorkshire E06000011	354	329	354	329
Lewisham E09000023	354	81	354	81
South Gloucestershire E06000025	348	197	365	198
Westmorland and Furness E06000064	347	250	392	275
North Tyneside E08000022	346	90	397	93
East Sussex E10000011	341	147	382	156
Stockton-on-Tees E06000004	340	180	442	208
Reading E06000038	339	212	339	212
Knowsley E08000011	339	293	344	296
Telford and Wrekin E06000020	338	329	354	330
York E06000014	324	319	335	330
Bury E08000002	318	312	372	366
Islington E09000019	316	271	318	271
Southampton E06000045	310	248	334	249
Milton Keynes E06000042	304	35	307	38
Walsall E08000030	301	290	301	290
Middlesbrough E06000002	300	280	300	280
Wolverhampton E08000031	296	58	318	62
Blackburn with Darwen E06000008	294	235	294	235
Kingston upon Thames E09000021	289	281	289	281
North East Lincolnshire E06000012	287	283	331	327
Wokingham E06000041	286	123	291	125
Cumberland E06000063	285	19	286	19
Bedford E06000055	281	265	286	265
Barking and Dagenham E09000002	276	75	289	75
Haringey E09000014	270	242	284	246
West Berkshire E06000037	258	65	273	65
Sutton E09000029	251	241	252	241
Blackpool E06000009	240	132	252	134
Hammersmith and Fulham E09000013	227	198	227	198
Richmond upon Thames E09000027	227	219	228	220
Solihull E08000029	204	151	325	228
Westminster E09000033	197	183	220	202
Camden E09000007	196	143	205	150
Redcar and Cleveland E06000003	191	38	193	38
Torbay E06000027	177	48	177	48
South Tyneside E08000023	175	161	185	161
Halton E06000006	170	161	196	181
Windsor and Maidenhead E06000040	168	168	168	168
Gateshead E08000037	166	139	168	139
Sunderland E08000024	165	98	184	105
Oldham E08000004	143	110	347	311
Bracknell Forest E06000036	120	120	130	129
Darlington E06000005	119	97	122	100
Hartlepool E06000001	98	21	98	21
Kensington and Chelsea E09000020	94	92	115	109
Rutland E06000017	88	71	89	71
Isle of Wight E06000046	8	1	8	1
City of London E09000001	4	4	4	4
Isles of Scilly E06000053	1	1	1	1
Norfolk E10000020	1	0	1,943	1,147
Barnsley E08000038	given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000016	given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000016	given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000016	given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000016
Buckinghamshire E06000060	given under the former county's code, E10000002	given under the former county's code, E10000002	given under the former county's code, E10000002	given under the former county's code, E10000002
Leicester E06000016	no row in the DfE's data set for 2025	no row in the DfE's data set for 2025	no row in the DfE's data set for 2025	no row in the DfE's data set for 2025
North Yorkshire E06000065	given under the former county's code, E10000023	given under the former county's code, E10000023	given under the former county's code, E10000023	given under the former county's code, E10000023
Sheffield E08000039	given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000019	given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000019	given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000019	given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000019
Somerset E06000066	given under the former county's code, E10000027	given under the former county's code, E10000027	given under the former county's code, E10000027	given under the former county's code, E10000027
North East	3,619	2,191	3,912	2,237
North West	15,030	6,528	16,223	6,920
Yorkshire and The Humber	9,918	6,046	10,160	6,151
East Midlands	8,918	2,892	9,265	2,948
West Midlands	9,662	4,090	10,387	4,224
East of England	10,461	3,689	13,165	5,026
London	13,874	8,552	14,603	8,806
South East	15,267	7,162	15,575	7,194
South West	8,662	2,847	8,913	2,992
England	95,411	43,997	102,203	46,498

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Plans issued, excluding exceptions · 126 areas, each shaded by the fifth of the areas its figure falls in

1 to 276
276 to 359
359 to 431
431 to 613
613 to 1,843

Boundaries: Council boundaries, May 2026, from the geography spine. Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source and licence

Publisher

Department for Education

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https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/education-health-and-care-plans

Licence

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Retrieved

31 October 2026, 11:12 UTC

Raw files fetched

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Verification

Verified against source, 31 October 2026, 11:20 UTC Run at 31 October 2026, 11:20 UTC; 648 of 648 figures matched the live source.

Result	Check	Detail
Pass	Provenance recorded	Department for Education; Open Government Licence v3.0; retrieved 2026-10-31T11:12:12Z; 2 raw file(s)
Pass	Raw files match recorded SHA-256	2 of 2 files intact
Pass	Re-parsing raw files reproduces figures	648 of 648 figures and the headline reproduced
Pass	Figures are finite numbers	648 figures, 0 invalid
Pass	Live source matches every figure	648 of 648 figures match exactly after downloading 2 source file(s) again (1 byte-identical); the headline matches
Pass	EES data set is current	latest period 2025 ended 304 days before retrieval (limit 650)
Pass	The data set's CSV agrees	1296 of 1296 cells of the stored query, figures and marks, equal version 1.0's CSV (https://api.education.gov.uk/statistics/v1/data-sets/01a0aa36-b680-76f8-8e62-55b216223feb/csv?dataSetVersion=1.0, 648 rows read)
Pass	The councils add up to their region and the regions to England	40 comparisons expected, each region's councils and England's regions in every count and combination: 40 within the rounding the DfE states (40 exactly); E06000016, which the data set gives no row for, in no sum
Pass	Each share and average is its count over its whole	648 of 648 shares and averages by area and combination are their counts' ratio, within the rounding the DfE states
Pass	Source page answers	https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/education-health-and-care-plans – HTTP 200

Notes

New EHC plans the council issued in the calendar year, and those issued within 20 weeks of the request for an assessment, as the law requires unless an exception applies. ‘Excluding exceptions’ leaves out plans to which an exception to the 20-week limit applied; ‘including exceptions’ counts every plan.
The DfE gives these figures for England's 153 councils with education and children's services duties (its unitary, metropolitan and London councils and its 21 counties), not for districts.
The DfE gives Buckinghamshire, North Yorkshire and Somerset under the codes of the county councils their unitary councils replaced over the same areas (E10000002, E10000023 and E10000027), and the hub keeps them there, never moved to the councils' own (decision 47.2).
The DfE gives Barnsley and Sheffield under the codes they had before part of Barnsley moved into Sheffield on the 1st of April 2025 (E08000016 and E08000019), and they are shown so.
The DfE's data set has no row for Leicester in 2025, and its methodology says Lewisham's timeliness figures are suppressed, as Lewisham told it its data were wrong.