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Alison Griffiths

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Budget: Implications for Farming Communities
Monday 4th November 2024

(1 day, 22 hours ago)

Commons Chamber
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Richard Foord Portrait Richard Foord (Honiton and Sidmouth) (LD)
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15. What steps her Department is taking to improve support for children with special educational needs and disabilities.

Alison Griffiths Portrait Alison Griffiths (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton) (Con)
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16. What steps her Department is taking to support children with SEND.

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Catherine McKinnell Portrait Catherine McKinnell
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The hon. Gentleman raises an important point. It is vital for turning around the current situation faced by far too many parts of the country. There is not sufficient mainstream inclusion for children with special educational needs, there are not enough specialist units as part of mainstream school inclusion, and we do not have the specialist places needed, so I will, of course, take away the hon. Gentleman’s specific example.

Alison Griffiths Portrait Alison Griffiths
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In West Sussex, EHCP requests are running at over 120 per month. Will the Secretary of State’s SEND reforms include measures that could make it harder to get an EHCP, potentially making it harder for children to qualify for special school places?

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