Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of amounts of top-up funding for children with special educational needs and disabilities in Cornwall.
Local authorities are statutorily responsible for securing the special educational provision specified in a child or young person’s Education, Health and Care (EHC) plan.
It is for local authorities to assess the adequacy of amounts of top-up funding for children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities, in line with their statutory duties to secure the provision specified in the EHC plan.