questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what comparative assessment she has made of the potential merits of placing children with special educational needs and disabilities in a specialist (a) unit within a mainstream school and (b) school; and if sh
answerText: Local authorities are responsible for deciding on the educational placement of a child or young person with an Education, Health and Care (EHC) Plan, following the statutory process set out in the Children and Families Act 2014. In January 2023 local auth...
heading: Schools: Special Educational Needs