Question follow-through · 126995
Special Educational Needs: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps has has her department taken to improve the time taken to issue ECH plans in a) Rural areas and b) West Dorset.
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 13 Apr 2026
- Target answer date
- 15 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 29 Apr 2026 · 16 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
More questions by this MP on Education and skills
- Education: West Dorset · 29 May 2026
- Education: Rural Areas · 29 May 2026
- Further Education: West Dorset · 29 May 2026
- Apprentices and Skilled Workers: West Dorset · 29 May 2026
- Schools: West Dorset · 29 May 2026
Shared topic keywords suggest a connection; they do not establish a follow-up.
Recorded timeline
13 Apr 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps has has her department taken to improve the time taken to issue ECH plans in a) Rural areas and b) West Dorset.
15 Apr 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
29 Apr 2026
Answer published
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.
Education: West Dorset
29 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to improve educational outcomes in West Dorset.
Education: Rural Areas
29 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her Department’s policies of rural education challenges in West Dorset.
Further Education: West Dorset
29 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support her Department is providing for post-16 education providers in West Dorset.
Apprentices and Skilled Workers: West Dorset
29 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions her Department has had with local education providers in West Dorset on skills and apprenticeship provision.
Schools: West Dorset
29 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support the Government is providing to schools in West Dorset.
Schools: Finance
29 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of school funding levels in West Dorset.
Schools: Finance
29 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to review funding formulas to change how they consider rural schools in constituencies such as West Dorset.
Special Educational Needs: West Dorset
29 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support SEND students in West Dorset.
Special Educational Needs: West Dorset
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Special Educational Needs: Finance
29 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to increase funding for SEND provision in rural constituencies such as West Dorset.
Schools: Rugby
13 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support rugby in schools.
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