Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 88454

Special Educational Needs: North East

Tabled: 5 November 2025
Answered: 23 December 2025

Question

Joe Morris

LabourHexham

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment the Department has made of the potential merits of continuing the use of Education, Health and Care Plans to support children with Special Education Needs and Disabilities with a guaranteed righ

Answer

Georgia Gould
This government inherited a special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) system that has failed to meet the needs of families for too long.The department’s priority is improving outcomes for children and young people with SEND so they get every chanc...

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