Written questions

Special Educational Needs: Rural Areas

Commons · Question 50659 · Tabled 7 May 2025 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 15 May 2025

Question

Asked by Martin Wrigley

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with local authorities in (a) rural areas and (b) Devon on (i) reducing the time taken for patients to be seen by and (ii) expanding SEND hubs.

Answer

Answered by Catherine McKinnell, 15 May 2025

The department has worked closely with statutory partners in Devon since the special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) inspection in May 2022, which found insufficient progress on four significant weaknesses identified in the previous inspection i...