Letter from Minister Edward Timpson regarding SEN and
disability reforms
Edward
Timpson, the Minister responsible for SEN and Disability within the
Department for Education, recently gave evidence to the Education
Select Committee on the draft provisions of the Children and
Families Bill that relate to SEN and disability. He also met the
Council for
Disabled Children (which hosts the Transition Information
Network) and others to talk about concerns and issues.
As Strategic Partner for SEN and Disability to the Department
for Education the Council for Disabled Children alerted him to the
fact that parents were concerned that the reforms would erode their
current rights in relation to education support. As a result of
this the Minister undertook to write to parents through the Council
for Disabled Children in order to address these concerns.
A copy of the letter from Minister Edward Timpson regarding the SEN
and disability reforms can be found at this link.
This letter makes explicit the Government's commitment to
ensuring that protections parents have in the current system will
be carried forward into the new system.