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Special Educational Needs: Teachers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will increase funding for the recruitment of specialist SEND teachers.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
14 Oct 2025
Target answer date
20 Oct 2025
Answer
21 Oct 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 14 Oct 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will increase funding for the recruitment of specialist SEND teachers.

  2. 20 Oct 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 21 Oct 2025

    Answer published

    This government’s ambition is that all children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) receive the right support to succeed in their education and as they move into adult life.There is significant work underway to ensure t...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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Special Educational Needs: Absenteeism

29 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of parents who have been prosecuted for their child's non-attendance at school have a child that has (a) Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) and (b) special educational needs and

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Special Educational Needs: Absenteeism

29 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department provides to local authorities on the use of prosecutions for school non-attendance in cases where a pupil’s absence is related to special educational needs and disabilities.

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3 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate her Department has made of the (a) proportion of Plan 2 student loans that will be fully repaid within the 30-year term and (b) average total interest accrued by a Plan 2 borrower over the

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Students: Loans

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Schools: Mental Health Services

23 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of access to educational psychologists in schools.

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Students: Loans

9 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what process her Department has in place to help ensure that Plan 2 student loan borrowers are informed of any changes made to their repayment terms.

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Pupils: Attendance

19 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many prosecutions of parents under section 444 of the Education Act 1996 were brought in each of the last three years.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Special Educational Needs: Attendance

19 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what data her Department holds on the number of prosecutions of parents under section 444 of the Education Act 1996 where the child had an Education, Health and Care Plan at the time the prosecution was initiat

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Special Educational Needs: Attendance

19 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what data her Department holds on the number of prosecutions of parents under section 444 of the Education Act 1996 where the child was receiving SEN Support at the time the prosecution was initiated.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Special Educational Needs: Attendance

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