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Special Educational Needs: Dorset

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of SEND provision in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole; and what steps she plans to take to support the local authority in that area to improve the funding and del

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
18 Jul 2024
Target answer date
22 Jul 2024
Answer
26 Jul 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 18 Jul 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of SEND provision in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole; and what steps she plans to take to support the local authority in that area to improve the funding and del

  2. 22 Jul 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 26 Jul 2024

    Answer published

    The department has been working closely with all statutory partners involved in delivering special educational needs and disability (SEND) services in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole since their local area SEND inspection in June 2021.The department h...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

Later records

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