Question follow-through · 13548
Special Educational Needs
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she could set out how her Department enforces duties placed on Local Authorities by a) Section 42 of the Children and Families Act 2014, b) Section 19 of the Education Act 1996 and c) Special Educational Nee
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 26 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 30 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 2 Sept 2026 · 68 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
26 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she could set out how her Department enforces duties placed on Local Authorities by a) Section 42 of the Children and Families Act 2014, b) Section 19 of the Education Act 1996 and c) Special Educational Nee
30 Jun 2026
Target answer date
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2 Sept 2026
Answer published
If my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education is satisfied that a local authority is failing to carry out its statutory special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) functions to an adequate standard, the department may intervene direc...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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