Question follow-through · 66058
Special Educational Needs: Reform
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has consulted families and local authorities on the future of EHCPs as part of SEND system reform.
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 8 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 11 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 24 Jul 2025 · 16 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
8 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has consulted families and local authorities on the future of EHCPs as part of SEND system reform.
11 Jul 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
24 Jul 2025
Answer published
This government inherited a special educational needs and disability (SEND) system that has been failing to meet the needs of children and families for far too long. The department knows that families face real challenges getting education, health and car...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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