Question follow-through · 99647

Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that proposals in the SEND White Paper do not reduce the rights of children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities as set out in the Children and Fam

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
12 Dec 2025
Target answer date
16 Dec 2025
Answer
13 Feb 2026 · 63 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 12 Dec 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that proposals in the SEND White Paper do not reduce the rights of children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities as set out in the Children and Fam

  2. 16 Dec 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 13 Feb 2026

    Answer published

    I refer the hon. Member for Guildford to the answer of 20 January 2026 to Question 98569.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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