Question follow-through · 31668
Special Educational Needs: Local Government
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will provide (a) additional resources and (b) oversight mechanisms to ensure local authorities provide educational, health and care plan assessments in a timely manner.
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 13 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 24 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 28 Feb 2025 · 15 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
13 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will provide (a) additional resources and (b) oversight mechanisms to ensure local authorities provide educational, health and care plan assessments in a timely manner.
24 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 Feb 2025
Answer published
This government’s ambition is that all children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) receive the right support to succeed in their education and as they move into adult life.The department is providing almost £1 billion ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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