Source · Select Committees · Public Accounts Committee
Recommendation 23
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The Department acknowledged that the SEND review had been far too long delayed and said...
Conclusion
The Department acknowledged that the SEND review had been far too long delayed and said that the Secretary of State had now committed to publishing the results of the review in the first quarter of 2022, alongside the Schools White Paper. Members noted that the support system was still not supporting families effectively – with some constituents having described feeling as if they were fighting for two years or more to get an education, health and care plan for their child and feeling that the system was against them. We stressed the importance of ensuring that the revised system helps children with SEND and their parents. The Department committed to ensuring that this was the case.48
Government Response
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HM Government
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4. PAC conclusion: While we wait for the much-delayed SEND review, the support system continues to fail many children and remains financially unsustainable. 4: PAC recommendation: The Department should set out in the SEND review (which it has committed to publish in the first quarter of 2022) what improvements it is aiming to achieve and over what time period, and make clear what specific metrics it will use to assess whether the support system is improving and becoming more sustainable. 4.1 The government agrees with the Committee’s recommendation Recommendation implemented 4.2 The government published the outcome of the SEND Review in the Special Educational Needs and Disability and Alternative Provision Green Paper - SEND Review: Right Support, Right place, Right time on 29 March 2022. The consultation on the Green Paper will close on 1 July 2022. 4.3 Later in 2022 the department will publish a national SEND delivery plan, setting out the government’s response to the consultation and how change will be implemented and by whom to deliver better outcomes for children and young people. 4.4 The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children and Families, wrote to the Committee about the Green Paper on 28 March 2022.