Question follow-through · 24474
Special Educational Needs: Speech and Language Disorders
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of delayed identification of and intervention for selective mutism on children’s and young people’s (a) school attendance, (b) educational attainm
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 28 Aug 2026
- Target answer date
- 7 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 7 Sept 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
28 Aug 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of delayed identification of and intervention for selective mutism on children’s and young people’s (a) school attendance, (b) educational attainm
7 Sept 2026
Target answer date
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7 Sept 2026
Answer published
Effective early identification and intervention are critical to improving outcomes for children and young people with special educational needs (SEN). Through our programme of special educational needs and disabilities reform, we are working to strengthen...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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