New Clause 1
Special Educational Needs (Information) Bill
11:00 am
Kevin Brennan (Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for Children, Schools and Families; Cardiff West, Labour)
I shall be as brief as possible. There is a laudable aim behind the amendment, which is to ensure that parents of children with SEN are provided with full information on the range of provision for such children in their own and surrounding areas. There is, however, an existing duty on local authorities to provide information on their arrangements for SEN, including information on planning and reviewing SEN provision in their area.
Last year, in relation to parent partnership services, we published further exemplary guidance, which set out what we considered minimum good practice and best practice, and encouraged local authorities and services to aspire to the latter in relation to providing that information.