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Special Educational Needs

Asked by Dr Neil Shastri-HurstConservativeDepartment for EducationTabled Answered 15 May 2025UIN 50703

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many education, health and care plans were completed within the statutory timeframe in each of the last five years for which data is available.

Answered by Catherine McKinnell

Information on the number of requests for an education, health and care (EHC) plan issued within the statutory timeframe of 20 weeks, for each of the last 5 years, is shown in the table linked here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/1e7dc959-f459-4ef6-ba17-08dd866b22bc.

The latest available figures cover the 2023 calendar year.

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