In 2015 and 2016 the government will provide this funding to ensure the costs of implementing the new special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) code of practice are met.
Edward Timpson, children and families minister, said, ‘We’re on the beginning of a journey to provide simpler, improved and consistent help.
‘Local councils have made a strong start in implementing these life-changing reforms, but we want to give them more help to take delivery to the next level. The timescale has always been for them to bring children into the new system over the next three years – this extra money will help them to do that.’
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