Question follow-through · 48770

Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help ensure that schools are adequately (a) funded and (b) staffed to meet the needs of children with EHCPs in cases where the school has deemed it unsafe for the child to attend due

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
28 Apr 2025
Target answer date
30 Apr 2025
Answer
6 May 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 28 Apr 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help ensure that schools are adequately (a) funded and (b) staffed to meet the needs of children with EHCPs in cases where the school has deemed it unsafe for the child to attend due

  2. 30 Apr 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 6 May 2025

    Answer published

    Local authorities must consult with settings before naming them in an education, health and care (EHC) plan. The setting can express concerns about being named and the local authority must consider these concerns carefully. However, if named in the plan, ...

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National School Breakfast Programme

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National School Breakfast Programme

9 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to review the per-meal funding for schools participating in the National School Breakfast Programme.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

National School Breakfast Programme

9 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that breakfasts provided through the National School Breakfast Programme are nutritious.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Breakfast Clubs

12 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department plans to take to ensure that schools participating in the breakfast club programme can provide adequately nutritious free school meals within the allocated budget.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Family Hubs

17 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she plans to establish family hubs across the country.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Pre-school Education

17 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of learning through play in early years education.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Children: Reading

17 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of promoting a culture of reading for pleasure in the home on the development of children (a) in early years and (b) of school age.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Children: Literacy

17 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will publish plans to strengthen the home learning environment to support literacy (a) in the early years and (b) for school age children.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

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17 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of community activities at supporting families with children in the early years.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Reading: Parents and Carers

17 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of parents and carers reading to children in the early years on the mental wellbeing of (a) children and (b) parents and carers.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Further Education: Visual Impairment

29 Aug 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support (a) blind and (b) partially sighted young people to access Further Education.