Question follow-through · 93819
Children in Care: Special Educational Needs
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many previously looked after children subject to a) a special guardianship order and b) a children arrangements order have i) SEN support and ii) an EHC plan.
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 24 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 26 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 2 Dec 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
24 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many previously looked after children subject to a) a special guardianship order and b) a children arrangements order have i) SEN support and ii) an EHC plan.
26 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
2 Dec 2025
Answer published
The department does not hold information on special educational need (SEN) status for children looked after (CLA) who are in a foster placement with a relative or friend, or on SEN primary type of need for CLA who are in a foster placement with a relative...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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