Question follow-through · 23473
Special Educational Needs: Primary Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the press release entitled 'Thousands of children with SEND to benefit from assistive tech', published 27 June 2025, if she will confirm the change in EHCPs for children under the age of 8 in
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 28 Aug 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 15 Sept 2026 · 18 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
28 Aug 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the press release entitled 'Thousands of children with SEND to benefit from assistive tech', published 27 June 2025, if she will confirm the change in EHCPs for children under the age of 8 in
2 Sept 2026
Target answer date
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15 Sept 2026
Answer published
The June 2025 press release announced the department’s investment of over £1.6 million in an assistive technology lending library pilot through the ‘SEND and alternative provision change programme’. The press release referenced that the number of children...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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