Parliamentary Briefings & Consultation Responses

Letter to Gillian Keegan MP, Minister for Education

ALLFIE’s Youth Parliamentary Officer, Maresa MacKeith, writes to Education Secretary Gillian Keegan MP, expressing concern that the Government’s national drive to improve school attendance will drive Disabled children away from their local mainstream schools and further encourage discrimination and segregation.

SEND Review Consultation Submission: Right support, right place, right time

ALLFIE’s response to the Government’s SEND Review Green Paper

Letter to Robin Walker MP, Chair of the Education Select Committee

ALLFIE’s letter to the the Education Committee Chair regarding the importance of inclusive education and our concerns with the current education system, including the absence of a fully implemented Article 24 (on inclusive education) of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD).

Letter to Claire Coutinho MP, Minister for Children, Families and Wellbeing

ALLFIE’s letter to the Minister for Children, Families and Wellbeing regarding the importance of inclusive education and our concerns with the current education system, including the absence of a fully implemented Article 24 (on inclusive education) of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD).

Letter to Gillian Keegan MP, Secretary of State for Education 

ALLFIE’s letter to the Education Minister regarding the importance of inclusive education and our concerns with the current education system, including the absence of a fully implemented Article 24 (on inclusive education) of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD).

ALLFIE responds to London Borough of Newham’s segregated school proposal

ALLFIE has responded to the London Borough of Newham’s plan to build a new segregated school, with the following letter.

16/12/2022

Submission to SEND All Party Parliamentary Group on Covid-19 Inquiry

ALLFIE has responded to the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) inquiry into the impact of COVID-19 on educational transitions for children and young people with SEND.

Submission to the Education Committee Inquiry: Impact of COVID-19 on Education and Children’s Services

14/08/2020

Submission to the Joint Committee on Human Rights Inquiry on The Government’s Response to COVID-19: Human Rights Implications

14/08/2020

Submission to the Women and Equalities Committee Inquiry: Unequal impact? Coronavirus, disability and access to services

13/08/2020

Submission to Children’s Commissioner for England: Covid-19 and Disabled Children’s Education

ALLFIE has responded to the Children’s Commissioner for England research into the impact of Covid-19 reforms and school closures for Disabled children and their families.

04/06/2020

Submission to the SEND review

Read ALLFIE’s submission to the Government’s review into support for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).

15/05/2020