Facilities for some of the most vulnerable children in Norfolk and Suffolk could be bolstered by a £4m investment in special needs education.
The government will, over three years, give Norfolk County Council £2.7m and Suffolk County Council £1.3m to increase school capacity and improve provision for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).
It comes as part of a nationwide investment, worth £215m, to local councils, which can be spent on infrastructure and facilities.
Though councils will be free to invest the funding as they wish, they will be expected to consult with parents, carers and schools and put together a plan on how the money will be spent.
A report said the authority failed to contact the girl’s mother from November 2006 to March 2011 to assess support payments.
It added social workers had not identified the girl’s “complex needs” and left her mother to raise her alone.
The council has agreed to pay £5,000 following the ombudsman’s report.
