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Special Educational Needs: Holiday Play Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to increase accessible holiday club provision for SEN children requiring one to one support.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
23 Jan 2025
Target answer date
30 Jan 2025
Answer
30 Jan 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 23 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to increase accessible holiday club provision for SEN children requiring one to one support.

  2. 30 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 30 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    This year, the government is again investing over £200 million in the holiday activities and food (HAF) programme, with all local authorities in England. The programme provides healthy meals, enriching activities and free childcare places to children from...

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