Special Educational Needs
Commons · Question 45228 · Tabled 8 Apr 2025 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Question
Asked by Martin Wrigley
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 2 April 2025 to Question 41244 on Special Educational Needs: Schools, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of local authorities not complying with that advice.
Answer
Answered by Catherine McKinnell, 28 Apr 2025
The ‘Special educational needs and disabilities code of practice’ is statutory guidance issued by the department. Where a local authority does not comply with a statutory duty, such as reviewing a child or young person’s education, health and care (EHC) p...