Question follow-through · 2530
Special Educational Needs: Reform
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what definition is being used for ‘complex needs’ under the proposed reforms set out in the consultation, SEND reform: Putting children and young people first.
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 18 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 20 May 2026
- Answer
- 11 Jun 2026 · 24 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
18 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what definition is being used for ‘complex needs’ under the proposed reforms set out in the consultation, SEND reform: Putting children and young people first.
20 May 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Jun 2026
Answer published
In the department’s consultation ‘Special educational needs and disabilities reform: putting children and young people first’, the term ’complex needs’ is used to describe children and young people who require support at the specialist level which will be...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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Social Work: Standards
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