Question follow-through · 45164
Special Educational Needs
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average waiting time was for children with special educational needs and disabilities to receive an Education, Health and Care plan in (a) England, (b) the East of England and (c) Suffolk in each year
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 8 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 22 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 29 Apr 2025 · 21 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
8 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average waiting time was for children with special educational needs and disabilities to receive an Education, Health and Care plan in (a) England, (b) the East of England and (c) Suffolk in each year
22 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
29 Apr 2025
Answer published
Information on the number and percentage of education, health and care (EHC) plans issued within the statutory 20 week deadline, with and without statutory exceptions to that deadline applying, is published as part of the department’s EHC plans statistica...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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