Senior DfES official Stephen Dance wrote to Buckinghamshire CountyCouncil last week after it invited local residents to say which areas ofexpenditure they would be happy to see cut back. One of the council'ssuggestions for cutbacks had been "reduced capacity for providingstatements for children with special educational needs".
Dance's letter suggests that such action could be in breach of acouncil's legal responsibilities towards children with specialeducational needs.
It reads: "In the department's view, the wording used in theconsultation document was unfortunate as it gave the impression that theauthority proposed to reduce its ability to make and maintain statementswithout any compensating action to meet individual needs."
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