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Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that teachers have the (a) classroom support and (b) equipment needed to support pupils with SEND.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body: Department for Education
Tabled: 5 Nov 2024
Target answer date: 11 Nov 2024
Answer: 14 Nov 2024 · 9 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

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Recorded timeline

5 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that teachers have the (a) classroom support and (b) equipment needed to support pupils with SEND.
11 Nov 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
14 Nov 2024
Answer published
This government’s ambition is that all children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) or in alternative provision receive the right support to succeed in their education and as they move into adult life.High quality teach...

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