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Request for Personal Budget – EHC Plan

What it does

Asks the local authority for a personal budget so you can have more flexibility over how the provision in your child's EHC plan is arranged.

When to use it

Use this while an EHC plan is being prepared or reviewed and you want to manage some of the funding yourself.

What's included

  • The letter, ready to personaliseA clearly written letter you make your own by filling in the bracketed parts.
  • Step-by-step submission guidePlain instructions on who to send it to, by when, and what should happen next.
  • Plain-English guidanceNotes that explain the process in everyday language, with no jargon.
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Included with Little Steps membership. See plans

These templates are guidance, not legal advice. Personalise the bracketed parts before sending.