Question follow-through · 29297

Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the administrative workload on local authorities, schools, families and the SEND Tribunal of operating parallel SEND systems during the transition to the proposed new system; and

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
11 Sept 2026
Target answer date
15 Sept 2026
Answer
21 Sept 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 11 Sept 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the administrative workload on local authorities, schools, families and the SEND Tribunal of operating parallel SEND systems during the transition to the proposed new system; and

  2. 15 Sept 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 21 Sept 2026

    Answer published

    ​​The department will support local authorities, schools, families and the special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) tribunal to manage the move to our new SEND system. We heard clearly from parents, educators and practitioners the importance of a...

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Extended Services: Recruitment and Training

14 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support schools to recruit and train staff to deliver wraparound childcare, particularly where roles involve split and part-time-only working patterns.

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Wraparound Services

14 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support her Department provides to schools to (a) collaborate and (b) cluster to deliver wraparound childcare where individual schools are unable to provide adequate capacity.