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Special Educational Needs: Finance and Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that adequate (a) training and (b) funding is made available for schools to meet the needs of children with physical challenges requiring individualised support.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
16 Sept 2025
Target answer date
13 Oct 2025
Answer
23 Oct 2025 · 37 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 16 Sept 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that adequate (a) training and (b) funding is made available for schools to meet the needs of children with physical challenges requiring individualised support.

  2. 13 Oct 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 23 Oct 2025

    Answer published

    The government is committed to strengthening the special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) system to help improve outcomes for children and young people.The department has published allocations for £740 million high needs capital in 2025/26. This ...

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