49 Personal budgets and direct payments
Children and Families Act 2014 (2014 c 6) | Legislation

49  Personal budgets and direct payments

(1)     A local authority that maintains an EHC plan, or is securing the preparation of an EHC plan, for a child or young person must prepare a personal budget for him or her if asked to do so by the child's parent or the young person.

(2)     The authority prepares a “personal budget” for the child or young person if it identifies an amount as available to secure particular provision that is specified, or proposed to be specified, in the EHC plan, with a view to the child's parent or the young person being involved in securing the provision.

(3)     Regulations may make provision about personal budgets, in particular—

(a)     about requests for personal budgets;

(b)     about the

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