The education select committee has urged Education Secretary Kit Malthouse not to “renege” on promises made to reform provision for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) after the government confirmed it is looking at ways to cut public spending.
The call comes in response to a letter from Malthouse to the chair of the committee MP Robert Halfon addressing his concerns about the lack of resources in the SEND system and “funding being targeted at more costly, late-stage interventions”.
Halfon’s concerns are based on a report by a previous iteration of the committee called the Special Educational Needs and Disabilities report.
