Question follow-through · 15082

Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that education, health and care plan assessments are (a) progressed and (b) issued promptly.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
19 Nov 2024
Target answer date
21 Nov 2024
Answer
27 Nov 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 19 Nov 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that education, health and care plan assessments are (a) progressed and (b) issued promptly.

  2. 21 Nov 2024

    Target answer date

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  3. 27 Nov 2024

    Answer published

    I refer the hon. Member for Newbury to the answer of 26 November to Question 14834.

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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