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Commons · Question 106169 · Tabled 15 Jan 2026 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 23 Jan 2026

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Asked by Nick Timothy

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Written Statement of 15 December 2025 on Investment in high needs place, HCWS1163, which (a) Members of Parliament and (b) local authorities met departmental officials to discuss the statu

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Answered by Josh MacAlister, 23 Jan 2026

The department has engaged with trusts, local authorities and other stakeholders in relation to projects in scope of the mainstream review, including reviewing the evidence they have provided. This included all of the local authorities with a project in s...