Question follow-through · 81779

Special Educational Needs: Gender

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help improve consistency in the identification of special educational needs across genders.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body: Department for Education
Tabled: 13 Oct 2025
Target answer date: 15 Oct 2025
Answer: 21 Oct 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

13 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help improve consistency in the identification of special educational needs across genders.
15 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
21 Oct 2025
Answer published
Effective early identification and intervention is critical in improving the outcomes of children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). Many settings already have mechanisms in place to identify needs early and effective...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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