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Special Educational Needs: Pre-school Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure access for pre-school children with additional needs to nursery places in the Poole constituency.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
16 Mar 2026
Target answer date
18 Mar 2026
Answer
8 Apr 2026 · 23 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 16 Mar 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure access for pre-school children with additional needs to nursery places in the Poole constituency.

  2. 18 Mar 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 8 Apr 2026

    Answer published

    We want every child, including those with additional needs, to be able to access a childcare setting where they can get the best start in life. The special educational needs and disability (SEND) reforms we announced in February, will give early years set...

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