Children: Disability

(asked on 18th February 2022) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure the Green Paper on special educational needs proposes reforms to the way health and care services work for families with disabled children.


Answered by
Will Quince Portrait
Will Quince
This question was answered on 28th February 2022

The special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) review aims to ensure that children and young people with SEND receive the support they need and a positive experience within a financially sustainable system. We want to clarify accountabilities at every level of the system and realise the benefits of aligned education, health and care provision. We have engaged extensively during the review to understand how the system is working for disabled children.

The department recognises the need to make sure that changes we propose are supported and understood across health and care services, as well as education providers. We will set out our approach in a Green Paper, which will be published in the first quarter of this year for full public consultation.

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