Question follow-through · 73220
Special Educational Needs
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that all new Education, Health and Care Plans are issued within the statutory 20-week timeframe.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 29 Aug 2025
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 8 Sept 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Recorded timeline
29 Aug 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that all new Education, Health and Care Plans are issued within the statutory 20-week timeframe.
2 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Sept 2025
Answer published
The department wants to ensure that education, health and care (EHC) assessments are progressed promptly and, if needed, high-quality plans are issued as quickly as possible so that children and young people can access the support they need.The department...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Children: Corporal Punishment
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Schools: Mental Health Services
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