Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 35603

Special Educational Needs: Appeals

Tabled: 4 March 2025
Answered: 22 March 2025

Question

Neil Duncan-Jordan

Labour — Poole

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of ensuring that parents have a legal right to appeal decisions by their local authority to refuse to assess their child for an EHCP.

Answer

Catherine McKinnell
This government’s ambition is that all children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) or in alternative provision receive the right support to succeed and thrive in their education and as they move into adult life.Parents...
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