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Special Educational Needs: Dewsbury and Batley

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children are on the SEND waiting list in Dewsbury and Batley constituency.

answeredIqbal MohamedDepartment for Education

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A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.

Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
7 May 2025
Target answer date
14 May 2025
Answer
14 May 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 7 May 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children are on the SEND waiting list in Dewsbury and Batley constituency.

  2. 14 May 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 14 May 2025

    Answer published

    The department collects information from local authorities on the number of requests for an education, health and care (EHC) needs assessment, the number of EHC needs assessments carried out and the number of EHC plans issued on a calendar year basis. The...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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