Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 16335

Special Educational Needs: Armed Forces

Tabled: 6 July 2026
Answered: 28 July 2026

Question

Gregory Stafford

ConservativeFarnham and Bordon

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of strengthening statutory guidance to local authorities on accepting existing assessments and plans when Service children with special or additio

Answer

Georgia Gould
We recognise that Armed Forces life may present particular challenges for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and their families, particularly because of the need to move regularly. As part of our consultation on reforms of the...

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