Question follow-through · 76618
Special Educational Needs: Autism
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the levels of educational support available to autistic children in mainstream schools.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 11 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 16 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 16 Sept 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
11 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the levels of educational support available to autistic children in mainstream schools.
16 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Sept 2025
Answer published
The Neurodivergence Task and Finish Group brought together experts to provide advice and recommendations to the department on how to best meet the needs of neurodivergent children and young people within mainstream education settings.To support schools, t...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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