Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 100519
Special Educational Needs: Foster Care
Tabled: 16 December 2025
Answered: 23 December 2025
Question
Dr Al Pinkerton
Liberal Democrat — Surrey Heath
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department provides to local authorities on reviewing care plans where new diagnoses of (a) special educational needs, (b) disabilities or (c) neurodevelopmental conditions are identified afte
Answer
Josh MacAlisterThe department has published a comprehensive suite of guidance to ensure that children in care have their needs identified and supported, as part of a dynamic and continuous cycle of care planning. This includes:The Children Act 1989 guidance, Volume 2.Pr...
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