Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 127209

Health Services: Special Educational Needs

Tabled: 14 April 2026
Answered: 22 April 2026

Question

David Williams

LabourStoke-on-Trent North

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure the health and care needs of young people with SEND in Stoke-on-Trent North and Kidsgrove are identified and met in a timely and effective manner.

Answer

Dr Zubir Ahmed
The Government has published ambitious special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) reforms, supporting the treatment to prevention shift in the 10-Year Health Plan and its focus on early intervention, to prevent needs escalating. Close partnership w...

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