Did you know we have a dedicated powers and duties tool?
Available to LG Inform Plus subscribers, it provides information on what current legislation gives English and Welsh councils the power to do and what it requires them to do in law. Advanced searching and filtering options make it easy to find specific powers and duties based on legislation, business function and keyword, and results are easily exported in commonly used formats.
Primary type of need and SEN provision Circumstance collection
Specific learning difficulty Circumstance
Specific learning difficulty
Moderate learning difficulty Circumstance
Moderate learning difficulty
Severe learning difficulty Circumstance
Severe learning difficulty
Profound and multiple learning difficulty Circumstance
Profound and multiple learning difficulty
Social, emotional and mental health Circumstance
Social, emotional and mental health
Speech, language and communications needs Circumstance
Speech, language and communications needs
Hearing impairment Circumstance
Hearing impairment
Visual impairment Circumstance
Visual impairment
Multi-sensory impairment Circumstance
Multi-sensory impairment
Physical disability Circumstance
Physical disability
Autistic spectrum disorder Circumstance
Autistic spectrum disorder
Other difficulty/disability Circumstance
Other difficulty/disability
No specialist assessment of type of need Circumstance
No specialist assessment of type of need