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<p>There is no mechanism in place to alert Ministers routinely to individual cases
when a local authority does not issue a final statement of special educational needs
for a child within the statutory 26 week timescale.</p><p>A complaint can be made
to the Secretary of State for Education under section 497 of the Education Act 1996
if it is believed that a local authority has failed to carry out a statutory duty.
If, following investigation, the Secretary of State is satisfied that the local authority
has failed to carry out their duty, she may make an order giving directions to enforce
the duty as appear to her to be expedient.</p><p>Data collected annually from all
local authorities on the numbers of final statements issued for children with special
educational needs within the statutory timescale of 26 weeks and published each year
gives a national picture of local authority performance in this area.<del class="ministerial">nal
picture of local authority performance in this area.</del></p>
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