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Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether safeguards will be introduced to help ensure that Individual Support Plans (ISPs) do not become resource-led documents due to limited specialist provision.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
18 Mar 2026
Target answer date
25 Mar 2026
Answer
8 Apr 2026 · 21 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 18 Mar 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether safeguards will be introduced to help ensure that Individual Support Plans (ISPs) do not become resource-led documents due to limited specialist provision.

  2. 25 Mar 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 8 Apr 2026

    Answer published

    The special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) Code of Practice sets out that the provision made for pupils with special educational needs should be recorded accurately and kept up to date. As a result, many settings already keep records of the nee...

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Special Educational Needs: Reform

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