Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the document entitled Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and Alternative Provision (AP) Improvement Plan, published on 2nd March 2023, when her Department plans to review social care legislation relating to disabled children.

The department has accepted the recommendation of the Independent Review of Children’s Social Care for the Law Commission to review children's social care legislation for disabled children. We recognise that the current legal framework can make it difficult for families to understand what they are entitled to. We are in preliminary discussions with the Law Commission about the parameters and timing of such a review, and we will work with the Law Commission to conclude the review as soon as practicable.