Question follow-through · 123316
Special Educational Needs: Classroom Assistants
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what work is being done with the Secretary of State for Education to address the additional workload of teaching assistants that are providing medical attention for disabled and severely ill childr
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 24 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 26 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 30 Mar 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
24 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what work is being done with the Secretary of State for Education to address the additional workload of teaching assistants that are providing medical attention for disabled and severely ill childr
26 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
30 Mar 2026
Answer published
The Schools White Paper, Every child achieving and thriving, and the consultation on Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) reforms have now been published, as of 23 February. The White Paper and the consultation are available, respectively, at...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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