Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 76100

Special Educational Needs

Tabled: 9 September 2025
Answered: 16 September 2025
Named Day

Question

Mrs Elsie Blundell

LabourHeywood and Middleton North

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that education, health and care plans for SEND children are issued by local authorities within five weeks.

Answer

Georgia Gould
The department wants to ensure that education, health and care (EHC) assessments are progressed promptly and, if needed, high quality plans are issued as quickly as possible so that children and young people can access the support they need.The overall ti...

This is an extract from the Parliament API. Search the full answer on Parliament.uk (UIN 76100) →