Question follow-through · 35187
Special Educational Needs: Dysphagia
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the prevalence of incidents relating to dysphagia in SEND settings; and what steps she is taking to manage dysphagia safely in those settings.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 3 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 11 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 29 Mar 2025 · 26 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
3 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the prevalence of incidents relating to dysphagia in SEND settings; and what steps she is taking to manage dysphagia safely in those settings.
11 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
29 Mar 2025
Answer published
Section 100 of the Children and Families Act 2014 places a duty on maintained schools, academies and pupil referral units to make arrangements for supporting pupils with medical conditions. Some children with medical conditions may be considered to be dis...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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