Expenditure by the joint equipment group from inception in September 1994 to July 1999
| Total number of requests made2-150 | Items of equipment funded | Number of children2-152 | Total expenditure | |
| Seating | 74 | 66 | 49 | £39214 |
| Other physical equipment | 63 | 33 | 30 | £16021 |
| “Expensive” communication aids2-151 | 9 | 8 | 8 | £52582 |
| “Inexpensive” communication aids2-151 | 29 | 28 | 19 | £5975 |
| Total | 175 | 135 | 84 | £113792 |
↵2-150 Requests not granted were often able to be funded from other sources—for example, they were the statutory responsibility of a single agency. There were few inappropriate referrals and few children did not get the appropriate equipment one way or another.
↵2-151 An arbitrary cut off between “expensive” and “inexpensive” communication aids has been taken at £1000.
↵2-152 The discrepancy in the total is due to some children being supplied with more than one type of equipment.