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Special Educational Needs

Commons · Question 25889 · Tabled 22 Jan 2025 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 29 Jan 2025

Question

Asked by Luke Charters

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help improve the early identification of special educational needs in children.

Answer

Answered by Catherine McKinnell, 29 Jan 2025

The department knows that children’s early years are crucial to their development, health and life chances, and we recognise the importance of the early identification of needs to ensure the right support is put in place as early as possible to ensure chi...