Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 61170

Special Educational Needs: Tribunals

Tabled: 19 June 2025
Answered: 27 June 2025

Question

Mark Garnier

ConservativeWyre Forest

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with (a) tribunal judges and (b) local authorities on the future of the SEND tribunal.

Answer

Catherine McKinnell
Most education, health and care (EHC) plans and assessments are concluded without a Tribunal hearing, but, increasingly, many families are having to go to Tribunal to get the support they think they need.The special educational needs and disabilities (SEN...

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