Question follow-through · 1752
Special Educational Needs: Armed Forces
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the impact of local authority assessment delays on service children with special educational needs and disabilities who relocate frequently due to Armed Forces postings; and what
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 15 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 19 May 2026
- Answer
- 29 May 2026 · 14 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
15 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the impact of local authority assessment delays on service children with special educational needs and disabilities who relocate frequently due to Armed Forces postings; and what
19 May 2026
Target answer date
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29 May 2026
Answer published
The department recognises that Armed Forces life may present particular challenges for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). As part of our consultation on SEND reforms, I attended a roundtable hosted by the Armed Forces Communi...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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