Special Educational Needs: Tribunals
Commons · Question 61170 · Tabled 19 Jun 2025 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 27 Jun 2025
Question
Asked by Mark Garnier
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
Answered by Catherine McKinnell, 27 Jun 2025
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...