Question follow-through · 2559
Special Educational Needs: Reform
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to include Pathological Demand Avoidance in reforms to SEND provision.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 18 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 20 May 2026
- Answer
- 3 Jun 2026 · 16 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Education and skills
- Service Pupil Premium · 10 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
18 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to include Pathological Demand Avoidance in reforms to SEND provision.
20 May 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
3 Jun 2026
Answer published
The government consultation 'SEND reform: putting children and young people first’ has now closed. We are reviewing consultation responses alongside feedback from over 200 engagement events held over 12 weeks.We will create a new offer for children who ne...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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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.
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
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.