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Special Educational Needs: Runcorn and Helsby

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to improve the quality of specialist education in Runcorn and Helsby constituency.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
30 Aug 2024
Target answer date
3 Sept 2024
Answer
9 Sept 2024 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 30 Aug 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to improve the quality of specialist education in Runcorn and Helsby constituency.

  2. 3 Sept 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 9 Sept 2024

    Answer published

    Receiving the support to succeed is at the heart of the government’s mission to break down barriers to opportunity and to give every child the best start in life, including those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) or in alternative pro...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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