An MP has advocated in Parliament for children with special educational needs and disabilities (Send). Alison Griffiths, Conservative MP for Bognor Regis and Littlehampton, spoke during education questions in the House of Commons yesterday on Monday. Ms Griffiths drew the House’s attention to education, health and care plans (EHCPs), a document which sets out additional needs for children and young people that can be requested from the council.
She reported that in West Sussex , 120 are requested per month. Ms Griffiths questioned whether the secretary of state’s Send reforms would “include measures that could make it harder to get an EHCP, potentially making it harder for children to qualify for special school places”. READ MORE: Two Sussex MPs appointed in the new Conservative shadow cabinet School Standards Minister Catherine McKinnell said: “The Hon Lady raises an important point.
“I suspect it is on the back of 14 years of letting down children who need the education that is clearly wanting in so many parts of the country that explains the number of members raising these issues today. “She would do well to reflect on the record of the past 14 years. “We are changing the situation as fast as we can, but it will take time.
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