Alison Griffiths MP: written questions
4 Jul 2026–16 Oct 2026 · year in progress
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Written questions
Special Educational Needs: Speech and Language DisordersDepartment for EducationTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 24474More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of delayed identification of and intervention for selective mutism on children’s and young people’s (a) school attendance, (b) educational attainm
Answer: Effective early identification and intervention are critical to improving outcomes for children and young people with special educational needs (SEN). Through our programme of special educational needs and disabilities reform, we are working to strengthen...
Answered 7 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: Speech and Language DisordersDepartment for EducationTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 24473More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether selective mutism will be included in (a) the National Inclusion Standards, (b) Specialist Provision Packages and (c) the revised SEND Code of Practice; which organisations and professional groups with e
Answer: The National Inclusion Standards will set out what ordinarily available provision should be in every setting across the 0 to 25 system, as well as evidence-based tools and approaches for educators to draw on to identify and support children and young peop...
Answered 7 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: Speech and Language DisordersDepartment for EducationTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 24472More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what data her Department holds on children and young people with selective mutism, broken down by (a) age, (b) local authority, (c) education, health and care plan status, (d) primary and secondary type of spec
Answer: The department does not hold information on the number of children and young people with selective mutism and is therefore unable to provide the breakdowns requested.Effective early identification and intervention is critical to improving outcomes for chi...
Answered 7 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational NeedsDepartment for EducationTabled 14 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 18870More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department issues to local authorities on maintaining (a) a named accountable case officer, (b) continuity of communication with families and (c) a single written action plan where a child’s e
Answer: The statutory guidance on the education, health and care plan system, the Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) Code of Practice 2015, explains expectations on local authorities for working with families. The code also reflects a range of statut...
Answered 1 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational NeedsDepartment for EducationTabled 14 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 18869More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what data her Department holds on the number of children and young people with education, health and care plans who did not have an appropriate education placement available at the beginning of the academic yea
Answer: Once a local authority issues an education, health and care (EHC) plan naming a setting of a type specified in section 43 of the Children and Families Act 2014 (such as a state school), that setting must admit the child or young person.The department has ...
Answered 1 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: AppealsDepartment for EducationTabled 14 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 18868More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many representations her Department received in each of the last three years concerning an alleged failure by a local authority to (a) secure provision required under section 42 of the Children and Families
Answer: It is essential that children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) receive the provision specified in their education, health and care plan, and that local authorities meet their statutory responsibilities, including com...
Answered 1 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: AppealsDepartment for EducationTabled 14 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 18867More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what data her Department holds on the number of occasions on which local authorities failed to implement an order of the First-tier Tribunal (Special Educational Needs and Disability) within the applicable time
Answer: It is essential that children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) receive the provision specified in their education, health and care plan, and that local authorities meet their statutory responsibilities, including com...
Answered 1 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational NeedsDepartment for EducationTabled 14 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 18866More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what data her Department holds on the number of children and young people with education, health and care plans for whom the special educational provision specified in section F of their plan was not secured in
Answer: Once a local authority issues a final education, health and care plan it is under a duty to secure the special educational provision set out in the plan. Parents of a child or a young person have the right to complain to the Local Government and Social Ca...
Answered 1 Sept 2026
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