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Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the consultation entitled SEND reform: putting children and young people first, what estimate she has made of the number of children and young people who may no longer meet the criteria for su

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
16 Jun 2026
Target answer date
18 Jun 2026
Answer
24 Jun 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 16 Jun 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the consultation entitled SEND reform: putting children and young people first, what estimate she has made of the number of children and young people who may no longer meet the criteria for su

  2. 18 Jun 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 24 Jun 2026

    Answer published

    Through our reforms, we expect more children and young people to receive multiagency support than do today. Every setting will have a high-quality, universal and targeted offer to ensure effective educational support for all children.Subject to the outcom...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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Pupils: Absenteeism

17 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of school days lost each year due to pupils being absent on their birthday; and whether she plans to issue guidance to schools and local authorities on that issue.

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Pupils: Attendance

17 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has undertaken an assessment of the potential impact of parental requests for term-time leave on school attendance rates; and whether she plans to review the system of fixed penalty notic

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Special Educational Needs: Codes of Practice

17 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the consultation entitled SEND reform: putting children and young people first, what estimate she has made of the cost to schools, local authorities and other providers of complying with new d

Strong linkSame MP, department and exact heading

Special Educational Needs

17 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the consultation “A National System for Children and Young People with SEND”, what modelling underpins the Department’s plan that the number of children and young people requiring an Education

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Holiday Activities and Food Programme: Walsall

8 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children in Walsall Borough are expected to (a) become eligible and (b) cease to be eligible for the Holiday Activities and Food programme as a result of the changes to eligibility taking effect from S

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Holiday Activities and Food Programme: Walsall

8 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment the Department has made of whether Walsall Council’s Holiday Activities and Food programme allocation for 2026–27 will be sufficient to meet local demand; and whether additional support will be

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Holiday Activities and Food Programme: Walsall

8 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Department is taking to support Walsall Council and local voluntary, community and private-sector providers during the transition to funding the Holiday Activities and Food programme through the

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

School Meals: Nutrition

15 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the additional cost per meal of implementing the revised School Food Standards; and whether funding will be available to schools and caterers for those costs, including

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School Meals: Monitoring

15 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she expects to publish the school-food monitoring framework being developed with the Food Standards Agency; whether compliance checks will be independent and findings published for individual schools; and

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

School Meals: Nutrition

15 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department will collect and publish data on school-meal take-up and food waste before and after the revised standards are enforced in September 2027; and how it will assess whether pupils are eating

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

School Meals: Meat

15 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the revised standards impact the provision of halal meat in schools; whether schools will be expected to identify halal-certified meat on published menus; and what guidance she will provide on suitable