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Special Educational Needs: Armed Forces

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help children with special educational needs and disabilities from mobile military families access continuous specialised support at school.

answeredAdam DanceDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
14 Apr 2026
Target answer date
16 Apr 2026
Answer
29 Apr 2026 · 15 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 14 Apr 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help children with special educational needs and disabilities from mobile military families access continuous specialised support at school.

  2. 16 Apr 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 29 Apr 2026

    Answer published

    As part of the consultation on the government’s special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) reforms, I recently attended a roundtable hosted by the Armed Forces Community All-Party Parliamentary Group. I met representatives from armed forces familie...

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