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Record Ref : FOI 11534
Date Received : 21/07/2025
Date Completed : 07/08/2025
Organisation : BBC
Application Type : Media
Category : Education Services
Question
Please could I substitute in “Individual Development Plan” whenever “Education Health and Care Plan” is mentioned? My request relates to Emotional Based School Avoidance (EBSA) and Education Health and Care plans (EHC plans). I am looking for data relating to the number of times Emotional Based School Avoidance or EBSA is mentioned in EHC plans held by your council over the past seven years. Specifically, please could you provide the following: • For each of the academic years 18/19, 19/20, 20/21, 21/22, 22/23, 23/24, and 24/25, the total number of EHC plans held by your authority. • In each of the academic years 18/19, 19/20, 20/21, 21/22, 22/23, 23/24, and 24/25 the number of EHC plans held by your council at some point in that year which mention Emotional Based School Avoidance or EBSA”. If data is not available for the whole period requested, please instead provide it from the earliest academic year available up until the most recent available at the point of production.
Answer
• For each of the academic years 18/19, 19/20, 20/21, 21/22, 22/23, 23/24, and 24/25, the total number of EHC plans held by your authority. as IDP’s are relatively new and have their first full year in place during 24/25: Figures available for 24/25 academic year: Merthyr Tydfil LA hold 456 IDP’s. In each of the academic years 18/19, 19/20, 20/21, 21/22, 22/23, 23/24, and 24/25 the number of EHC plans held by your council at some point in that year which mention Emotional Based School Avoidance or EBSA”. Figures available for 24/25 academic year: Merthyr Tydfil LA hold 0 IDP’s that mention Emotional Based School Avoidance or EBSA.