Part of 3. 2. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Education – in the Senedd at 3:36 pm on 6 July 2016.
Thank you. I recently raised an issue with the leader of the house on a local issue brought to me by a constituent, who is trying to keep an autistic grandchild in a special school, Maes y Coed, in the Neath area for an extra year, in addition to the school year, until they can reach agreement with Abertawe Bro Morgannwg health board on the long-term future. There is provision to allow this to happen in exceptional circumstances; however, the director of education in Neath Port Talbot council has to date refused. Can you tell me what advice you as a Minister, or as a Government, are giving on these exceptional cases, so that young people who don’t received a service post school can remain in the sector to receive the support that they so desperately need?