Special Educational Needs
Commons · Question 4623 · Tabled 9 Sep 2024 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 17 Sep 2024
Question
Asked by Damian Hinds
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she is making additional resources available to accommodate changes in the number of Education Health and Care Plan applications (a) this and (b) next financial year.
Answer
Answered by Catherine McKinnell, 17 Sep 2024
The department is aware not only of the financial pressures that local authorities are facing due to the increasing cost of supporting children and young people with education, health and care (EHC) plans, but also the pressures that the government as a w...