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Special Educational Needs: Reform

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she will include Pathological Demand Avoidance in the proposed reforms to SEND provision.

answeredDepartment for Education

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A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.

Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
20 Apr 2026
Target answer date
22 Apr 2026
Answer
29 Apr 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 20 Apr 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she will include Pathological Demand Avoidance in the proposed reforms to SEND provision.

  2. 22 Apr 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 29 Apr 2026

    Answer published

    It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

Possible follow-up questions

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Strong linkSame MP, department and exact heading

Special Educational Needs: Reform

18 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to include Pathological Demand Avoidance in reforms to SEND provision.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Children: Protection

18 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to review the implementation of the multi-agency assessments introduced in the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Home Education: Registration

18 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 on the home school register.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Children: Social Services

18 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of Ofsted’s reviews of local authority children’s services departments.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Public Sector: Information Sharing

18 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her department has made of the potential merits of the creation of a cross-department ministerial role to ensure data is properly shared across the public sector, in the context of the cases of

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Service Pupil Premium

10 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her department has assessed the potential merits of increasing the service pupil premium.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Children: Social Services

16 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her department is taking to help improve local authorities’ children’s services a) across the country and b) where children’s services teams are being transferred to new local authorities as a result

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Medical Records: Adoption

28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her department has made of the potential impact of not knowing the medical history of patients who have been adopted on those people.