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<p>No recent assessment has been made by this Department of the effectiveness of Government
programmes in specifically assisting low-income families with autistic children.</p><p>
</p><p>The special educational needs and disability (SEND) reforms in the Children’s
and Families Act 2014 have brought benefits for all autistic children and young people
and their families by providing for a system of support across education, health and
social care to ensure that services are organised with the needs and preferences of
the child and their family at the centre of the process.</p><p> </p><p>Reforms introduced
by the Act include the publication of local offers of SEND services by local authorities,
the introduction of streamlined education, health and care needs assessments and Education,
Health and Care Plans, which set out in one place the support from education, health
and care services children and young people will receive.</p><p> </p><p>Since May
2016, Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission have been inspecting local areas on their
effectiveness in fulfilling their new duties for children with SEND. All 152 local
areas in England will be inspected over a period of five years.</p><p> </p><p>We have
included autism indicators on diagnosis and post-diagnostic outcomes in the Mental
Health Services Dataset, with data collected from 1 April 2018. This will bring more
transparency to the process, provide more accurate data on performance nationally
and help drive up performance.</p>
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