Question follow-through · 19297
Special Educational Needs
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has considered commissioning an independent investigation into how local authorities are handling SEND practices.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 15 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 1 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 7 Sept 2026 · 54 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
More questions by this MP on Education and skills
- Primary Education: Rural Areas · 28 Aug 2026
- Primary Education: Class Sizes · 28 Aug 2026
- Pupils: Disability · 28 Aug 2026
Shared topic keywords suggest a connection; they do not establish a follow-up.
Recorded timeline
15 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has considered commissioning an independent investigation into how local authorities are handling SEND practices.
1 Sept 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
7 Sept 2026
Answer published
In our recent ‘SEND Reform: Putting children and young people first’ consultation, we set out proposals to strengthen accountability and improve parental confidence that local authorities will act on tribunal judgments, and to ensure that improvements are...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.
Primary Education: Rural Areas
28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to improve primary education provision in rural areas.
Primary Education: Class Sizes
28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of class size limits in primary schools.
Pupils: Disability
28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to review the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 to ensure that it makes appropriate provision for the accessibility requirements of disabled people.