Question follow-through · 49216

Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the extent to which unmet support needs related to Special Educational Needs and Disability are considered in assessments of parenting capacity during

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
29 Apr 2025
Target answer date
1 May 2025
Answer
9 May 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 29 Apr 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the extent to which unmet support needs related to Special Educational Needs and Disability are considered in assessments of parenting capacity during

  2. 1 May 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 9 May 2025

    Answer published

    As a child-centred government, we are taking forward significant reform of children’s social care to rebalance the system towards earlier intervention and ensure that children and families get access to the right help, at the point of need. Our Families F...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

Possible follow-up questions

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Special Guardianship Orders: Kinship Care

17 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of local authority compliance with the requirement to provide support plans to kinship carers under Special Guardianship Orders.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Special Guardianship Orders: Kinship Care

17 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential (a) implications for her policies of the (i) financial and (ii) housing pressures experienced by kinship carers and (b) impact of those pressures on the sustainabil

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Special Guardianship Orders

17 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help improve coordination between public services and local authorities in cases involving safeguarding concerns for children under Special Guardianship Orders.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Extended Services

11 Sept 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to produce a strategy on widening the availability of wraparound childcare.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Extended Services and Holiday Activities and Food Programme

11 Sept 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to renew the (a) Wraparound Childcare Programme and (b) Holiday Activities and Food Programme in 2026.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Extended Services: Finance

11 Sept 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of sustained funding for school-aged wraparound childcare.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Extended Services

11 Sept 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of a (a) cross-industry and (b) cross-departmental taskforce to review long-term strategy for the wraparound childcare sector.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Childcare: Finance

11 Sept 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps with Cabinet colleagues to develop a cross-government strategy for the future of school-aged childcare funding after 2026.