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Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her planned timetable is for introducing measures to improve inclusivity and expertise in mainstream schools.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
13 Jan 2025
Target answer date
15 Jan 2025
Answer
21 Jan 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 13 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her planned timetable is for introducing measures to improve inclusivity and expertise in mainstream schools.

  2. 15 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 21 Jan 2025

    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. The department is...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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Possible follow-up questions

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Special Educational Needs

14 Jan 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to issue guidance on improving (a) inclusivity and (b) expertise in mainstream schools.

Strong linkSame MP, department and exact heading

Special Educational Needs

14 Jan 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to issue statutory guidance on improving (a) inclusivity and (b) expertise in mainstream schools.

Strong linkSame MP, department and exact heading

Special Educational Needs

14 Jan 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to allow schools to set their own inclusivity guidelines.

Strong linkSame MP, department and exact heading

Special Educational Needs

14 Jan 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to allow local authorities to influence inclusivity guidelines for schools under their jurisdiction.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Special Educational Needs: Training

14 Jan 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether local authorities will be responsible for providing inclusivity training to schools within their jurisdiction.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Special Educational Needs: West Sussex

22 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the SEND funding allocation system for children in West Sussex.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Special Educational Needs: Finance

22 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to take steps to help reduce regional differences in SEND funding.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Special Educational Needs: Codes of Practice

22 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to set out her planned timetable for the urgent review of the 2014 Reforms to the SEND Code of Practice.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Special Educational Needs: Transport

22 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to support councils with home to school transport costs for SEND children.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Students: Loans

22 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of launching a comprehensive review of student loan interest rates.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Students: Loans

22 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to ensure that the proposed reforms of the student finance system include (a) refinancing and (b) reform options for historic student loan repayments.

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Special Educational Needs

26 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what consultation is she undertaking with the education sector on producing guidance for schools on the implementation of ISPs in order to ensure they deliver the outcomes intended in the SEND White Paper.