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Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment has the Department made of how the needs of children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities will be met where those needs do not align with one of the proposed Speciali

answeredIqbal MohamedDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
10 Jun 2026
Target answer date
15 Jun 2026
Answer
2 Sept 2026 · 84 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 10 Jun 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment has the Department made of how the needs of children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities will be met where those needs do not align with one of the proposed Speciali

  2. 15 Jun 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 2 Sept 2026

    Answer published

    The Specialist Provision Packages will provide comprehensive, evidence-based support for children and young people with the most complex needs. The special educational needs and disabilities consultation includes a draft outline of seven Specialist Provis...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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4 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the evidential basis is for concluding that Fixed Penalty Notices for school attendance offences improve long-term pupil attendance.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Pupils: Absenteeism

4 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of school attendance Fixed Penalty Notices issued in the most recent year for which data is available were preceded by documented support interventions under the Department's suppor

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Pupils: Absenteeism

4 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the reasons cited by parents for absences that subsequently resulted in Fixed Penalty Notices.