Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to actively monitor Cambridgeshire’s recovery plan to reduce EHCP backlogs.
The department is providing targeted help for Cambridgeshire, including a specialist special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) adviser and sector-led improvement support from Islington Council. Officials collect monthly data on Cambridgeshire’s education, health and care plan timeliness and this informs monthly discussions on SEND performance with the local area.