Petition · past parliament
Call a Public Inquiry into the way that Local Authorities administer/issue EHCPs
Closed
1,741 signatures
What the petition asks
For decades local councils have been issuing statements/EHCPs which are neither specified or quantified. Councils know the law which surrounds the way that these legal documents are written & yet a large majority of appeals to tribunal made by parents are because they have failed to do this.
Clear & specific wording is supposed to be used so that there can be no ambiguity about what a disabled child needs. LA's are wasting thousands of hours of court time/public money by breaking these laws & causing parent carers undue distress.
Specificity is not the only repeated and routine breach by any means.
The Government should hold a public inquiry into current practice and consider what actions, including penalties, could be taken on councils who are routinely failing to uphold the law
Specificity is not the only repeated and routine breach by any means.
The Government should hold a public inquiry into current practice and consider what actions, including penalties, could be taken on councils who are routinely failing to uphold the law
Timeline
| 5 Sep 2019 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 6 Nov 2019 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
1,741
Status
Closed
Opened
5 Sep 2019
Closed
6 Nov 2019
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.