Question follow-through · 75796
Special Educational Needs: Yeovil
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to support (a) schools and (b) local authorities to provide education, care and health plans for children with special educational needs in Yeovil constituency.
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 8 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 11 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 6 Oct 2025 · 28 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
8 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to support (a) schools and (b) local authorities to provide education, care and health plans for children with special educational needs in Yeovil constituency.
11 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
6 Oct 2025
Answer published
The duty to conduct education, health and care (EHC) needs assessments, and to issue EHC plans if required, rests with the local authority.The department monitors and works closely with local authorities that have issues with the EHC needs assessment and ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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