Question follow-through · 76102
Special Educational Needs: North West
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help support local authorities in the North West to (a) process and (b) issue education, health and care plans for SEND children.
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 9 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 11 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 3 Oct 2025 · 24 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Education and skills
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- Pupils: Absenteeism · 13 Jan 2026
- Students: Loans · 13 Jan 2026
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Recorded timeline
9 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help support local authorities in the North West to (a) process and (b) issue education, health and care plans for SEND children.
11 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
3 Oct 2025
Answer published
The department is working with a number of local authorities in the North West that have issues with education, health and care (EHC) plan timeliness. This involves working closely with NHS England and other partners to support improvement, including depl...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Special Educational Needs
13 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help improve SEND provision in mainstream schools.
Pupils: Absenteeism
13 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help reduce the level of school absences among working class students.
Students: Loans
13 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the level of interest rates on student loans.
Basic Skills and Financial Services: Secondary Education
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Basic Skills and Financial Services: Secondary Education
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Literacy: North West
20 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to improve literacy rates among children in the North West.
Pre-school Education: Reading
20 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help encourage reading in early years settings.
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