{"value":{"id":1348536,"memberId":4218,"member":null,"memberRole":"The Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the School System","uin":"HLWS210","dateMade":"2021-07-20T00:00:00","answeringBodyId":60,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Education","title":"SEND Update","text":"<p>My honourable friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Children and Families (Vicky Ford) has made the following statement.</p><p>On 20<sup>th</sup> July, the Department for Education confirmed it will be continuing the extended powers given to the SEND Tribunal to hear appeals and make non-binding recommendations about health and social care aspects of Education, Health and Care (EHC) plans, provided those appeals also include education elements.</p><p>These extended powers are currently being tested under a National Trial, which began in April 2018. The Trial will end on 31 August 2021 and the powers will continue.</p><p>Our ambition is for every child, no matter what challenges they face, to have access to a world-class education that sets them up for life. It will enable the Tribunal to continue to take a more holistic view of the needs of the child across education, health and care while the cross-government SEND Review completes its important work.</p><p>Full details of this announcement have been published on the Department for Education section on the GOV.UK website here:</p><p><a href=\"https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/extended-powers-send-tribunal-national-trial\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/extended-powers-send-tribunal-national-trial</a></p>","house":"Lords","noticeNumber":0,"hasAttachments":false,"hasLinkedStatements":true,"linkedStatements":[{"linkedStatementId":1348512,"linkType":"JointStatement","linkDate":"2021-07-20T00:00:00"}],"attachments":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Statements/1348536","method":"GET"}]}