Question follow-through · 40272

Special Educational Needs: Berkshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate she has made of the average waiting time for a child to receive an education, health and care plan in (a) England, (b) Berkshire and (c) Slough constituency.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body: Department for Education
Tabled: 21 Mar 2025
Target answer date: 26 Mar 2025
Answer: 29 Mar 2025 · 8 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

21 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate she has made of the average waiting time for a child to receive an education, health and care plan in (a) England, (b) Berkshire and (c) Slough constituency.
26 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
29 Mar 2025
Answer published
The department publishes official statistics on education, health and care (EHC) plans annually and these can be accessed here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/education-health-and-care-plans. This includes data at loca...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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