Special Educational Needs: Local Government
Commons · Question 39656 · Tabled 19 Mar 2025 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 28 Mar 2025
Question
Asked by Martin Wrigley
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department has issued on the use of third-party consultants by local authorities to (a) assess and (b) re-assess EHC plans.
Answer
Answered by Catherine McKinnell, 28 Mar 2025
Local authorities are responsible for ensuring that there is effective coordination of education, health and care (EHC) needs assessments and the development process for an EHC plan.Practitioners in all services involved in the assessment and planning pro...