Question follow-through · 123807

Special Educational Needs: Reform

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will conduct an Impact Assessment of the SEND reforms on mainstream schools’ workload and resource requirements.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
25 Mar 2026
Target answer date
14 Apr 2026
Answer
14 Apr 2026 · 20 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 25 Mar 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will conduct an Impact Assessment of the SEND reforms on mainstream schools’ workload and resource requirements.

  2. 14 Apr 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 14 Apr 2026

    Answer published

    Impact assessments were published alongside the consultation to aid engagement during the consultation period.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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