Special Educational Needs
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what processes her Department will put in place to ensure children, young people and families remain involved in SEND decision-making where responsibility is assumed by the Department from a local authority.
Answered by Georgia Gould
Under the Children and Families Act 2014, local authorities are statutorily responsible for decisions relating to special educational needs (SEN), both in managing the ‘Local Offer; of services and provision for SEN and in decisions relating to individual children and young people’s Education, Health and Care plans (EHCP). Local authorities must work in co-operation with children, young people and their parents in fulfilling their statutory duties.
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