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...