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Special Educational Needs: North East

Commons · Question 88454 · Tabled 5 Nov 2025 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 23 Dec 2025

Question

Asked by Joe Morris

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment the Department has made of the potential merits of continuing the use of Education, Health and Care Plans to support children with Special Education Needs and Disabilities with a guaranteed righ

Answer

Answered by Georgia Gould, 23 Dec 2025

This government inherited a special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) system that has failed to meet the needs of families for too long.The department’s priority is improving outcomes for children and young people with SEND so they get every chanc...