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Pre-school Education: Special Educational Needs

Commons · Question 53403 · Tabled 19 May 2025 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 2 Jun 2025

Question

Asked by Zöe Franklin

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the level of specialist nursery and early years places for children with special educational needs and disabilities; and whether she plans to in

Answer

Answered by Stephen Morgan, 2 Jun 2025

The department aims to set every child up to have the best start in life, and this includes delivering access to high quality early education and childcare for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). Local authorities have a duty ...