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Special Educational Needs: Public Bodies

Commons · Question 66060 · Tabled 8 Jul 2025 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 15 Jul 2025

Question

Asked by Edward Morello

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department is developing proposals for the creation of a national body for special educational needs and disabilities.

Answer

Answered by Catherine McKinnell, 15 Jul 2025

The department is aware of the challenges in the special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) system, and we understand how urgently we need to address these. We do not, however, believe that what the SEND system needs is another body which would add...