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Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to Measure What Matters' report entitled National Testimony Collection, published on 16 October 2025, what steps her Department is taking to address failures by local authorities to comply with g

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
15 Dec 2025
Target answer date
18 Dec 2025
Answer
10 Apr 2026 · 116 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 15 Dec 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to Measure What Matters' report entitled National Testimony Collection, published on 16 October 2025, what steps her Department is taking to address failures by local authorities to comply with g

  2. 18 Dec 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 10 Apr 2026

    Answer published

    The Schools White Paper sets out unequivocal expectations for every local authority on the quality and timeliness of special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) support, including planning school places effectively and providing the expert support t...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

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Members: Correspondence

7 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to respond to the email of 18 December 2025 from the hon. Member for Dorking and Horley on Surrey County Council's management of their statutory SEND responsibilities.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Schools: Children in Care

13 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will review section 1.37 of the School Admissions Code 2021 to assess the potential benefits of requiring all schools designated with a religious character to prioritise all looked-after and previously l

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Free Schools: Dorking

25 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to (a) her confirmation of 24 March 2026 that her Department accepts Surrey County Council’s decision to continue with FS0756 Betchwood Vale Academy, (b) the Answer of 3 February 2025 to Question

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Children in Care: Education

2 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that all electronic Personal Education Plan systems used by local authority Virtual Schools meet robust national minimum security and data protection standards, particularly f

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Children in Care: Education

2 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department plans to issue requiring Virtual School Heads to conduct appropriate due diligence and Data Protection Impact Assessments on third-party ePEP providers.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Children in Care: Education

2 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will work with the ICO and CCS to review safeguarding risks posed by current ePEP platforms and consider mandatory independent cybersecurity audits and NHS Data Security and Protection Toolkit compliance

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Children in Care: Education

2 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the level of potential harm to looked-after children if weaknesses in ePEP systems lead to data breaches or inadequate safeguarding of their personal information.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Special Educational Needs: Finance

10 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans she has to review place funding for special schools.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Schools: Child Sexual Abuse Material

10 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department has issued to schools on criminals targeting schools and using AI tools to create child sexual abuse material of pupils.

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Special Educational Needs

10 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when her Department plans to publish inclusion base guidance for schools.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

School Teachers' Review Body

10 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when her Department plans to publish and respond to the School Teachers’ Review Body report.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Special Educational Needs: East Surrey

2 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will provide the latest figures of the number of children in East Surrey who have a) a SEND requirement and b) an EHCP, broken down per borough including Elmbridge, Epsom and Ewell, Mole Valley, Reigate