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Special Educational Needs

Commons · Question 8827 · Tabled 10 Jun 2026 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 22 Jun 2026

Question

Asked by Ian Byrne

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of reducing eligibility for Education, Health and Care Plans to only the most complex cases on equality of access to specialist educational support; and what

Answer

Answered by Georgia Gould, 22 Jun 2026

The department has carefully assessed the impact of our proposals, and this is included in our published equalities impact and child’s rights impact assessments.Under our proposed reforms, education, health and care (EHC) plans will continue to exist, but...