The government last month gave an extra £80m to councils to help fund the transfer of children on statements of special educational needs (SEN) to new education, health and care (EHC) plans over the next year.
Introduced in September 2014, the Department for Education claims EHC plans are a "simpler and more joined-up" system.
But research commissioned by the department and published in July 2015 found little evidence that the reforms implemented through the Children and Families Act had led to major improvements in children's health or quality of life.
Soon afterwards, the government announced a package of measures to help with the transfer process, and this latest funding includes £35.8m in 2016/17 to assist councils in implementing EHC plans - £4m more than the amount allocated for 2015/16.
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