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Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that local authorities comply with section 42 of the Children and Families Act 2014.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body: Department for Education
Tabled: 10 Nov 2025
Target answer date: 17 Nov 2025
Answer: 17 Nov 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

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Recorded timeline

10 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that local authorities comply with section 42 of the Children and Families Act 2014.
17 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Nov 2025
Answer published
The department and NHS England work together to support and challenge local areas to improve their special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) service delivery where required. This includes carrying out monitoring, support and challenge on any areas...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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