Question follow-through · 65744

Special Educational Needs: Foetal Valproate Spectrum Disorder

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many Education Health and Care plans were given to children aged between seven and 15-years-old that have a diagnosis of Foetal Valproate Spectrum Disorder in 2024.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
8 Jul 2025
Target answer date
10 Jul 2025
Answer
16 Jul 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 8 Jul 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many Education Health and Care plans were given to children aged between seven and 15-years-old that have a diagnosis of Foetal Valproate Spectrum Disorder in 2024.

  2. 10 Jul 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 16 Jul 2025

    Answer published

    The department does not hold statistics on how many children with foetal valproate spectrum disorder are issued with education, health and care (EHC) plans.Information on the primary type of need for all children and young people with EHC plans is availab...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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