Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many Clinical Commissioning Groups have put in place joint commissioning arrangements with local authorities concerning the education, health and special care provision required by local children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities as required by the Children and Families Act 2014.

All clinical commissioning groups have to make joint arrangements with their relevant local authorities to support children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities. NHS England is taking their accountability seriously for this statutory duty and supporting clinical commissioning groups in the move to the new system. NHS England is currently preparing a questionnaire to go out to clinical commissioning groups on implementation.

We will continue to hold NHS England to account for this through our assurance process.